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strapline

strapline noun: a secondary heading or headline, especially one printed above another.

Noun

strapline (plural straplines)

  1. A secondary heading or headline, especially one printed above another.
  2. (UK) A memorable slogan attached to a commercial brand.
    • On Tuesday, Buzzfeed published a long piece by Reggie Ugwu, looking at how a variant of instrumental electronic music had become the favoured soundtrack of the “alt-right”, the US-based far-right movement. Within hours, a website whose strapline declares it is “destroying Jewish tyranny” had picked...2016 December 14, Michael Hann, “'Fashwave': synth music co-opted by the far right”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2018
    Synonyms:
    tagline

Synonyms of strapline

Forms of strapline

pluralstraplines
alternative formstrap line

Origin of strapline

From strap + line.

Words formed from strapline

Questions about strapline

What does strapline mean?
Strapline means a secondary heading or headline, especially one printed above another.
What part of speech is strapline?
Strapline is a noun.
What is the plural of strapline?
The plural of strapline is straplines.

Words near strapline in the dictionary

  1. strapless
  2. straplesses
  3. straplessly
  4. straplessness
  5. straplike
  6. strapline
  7. straplined
  8. straplines
  9. strapoff
  10. strapoffs
  11. strapon

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