DROP LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drop line mean? 

• DROP LINE (noun)
  The noun DROP LINE has 1 sense:

1. a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right

  Familiarity information: DROP LINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DROP LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

drop line; dropline; stagger head; staggered head; stephead; stepped line

Hypernyms ("drop line" is a kind of...):

headline; newspaper headline (the heading or caption of a newspaper article)