dropline

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(drop′līn′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
drop•line  (drop′līn′),USA pronunciation n. [Journalism.]
  1. Journalisma headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin. Also called stagger head, staggered head, stephead, stepped line. 
  • drop + line1 1880–85

'dropline' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
stagger head - stephead - stepped line

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