headline-grabber

noun

A person or event that attracts prominent notice in the news media.

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Meanings

nounheadline-grabber (plural headline-grabbers)

plural headline-grabbers

  1. informalA person or event that attracts prominent notice in the news media.

    ‘Recidivism” – the tendency to reoffend – is a word that is largely confined to criminology lectures, official statistics and the occasional government report. It is not a headline-grabber like “hooligan”, “thug” or “teen gangster”.

    2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian
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APA

headline-grabber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headline-grabber

MLA

“headline-grabber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headline-grabber. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “headline-grabber,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headline-grabber.

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