scare-head

American  

[skair-hed] / ˈskɛərˌhɛd /

Rarely scare headline or scarehead,

noun

Journalism.

1. a headline in exceptionally large type.

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Etymology

Origin of scare-head

First recorded in 1885–90; scare + head

Example Sentences

The sidewalks were filled with agitated pedestrians fluttering scare-head newspapers under their noses.

From Time Magazine Archive

Along the scare-head Luck had indicated, his dirty forefinger moved slowly while he spelled out the words.

From The Heritage of the Sioux by Bower, B. M.

It had the usual scare-head, and began by announcing that the White Mail, with General Manager Blank's car Kaskaskia, came in on time, carrying signals for a freight train.

From The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories by Warman, Cy

If I say so, he'll scare-head you as a faker—in letters all across the front page.

From The Professor's Mystery by Hastings, Wells

This done, and the sufferer made easy for the night, I glanced at the article which had so upset her, and read its sensational "scare-head."

From The Darrow Enigma by Severy, Melvin Linwood