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headliner
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Word definitions for headliner in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1891, "one who writes newspaper headlines;" 1896 as "one who stars in a performance;" from headline + -er (1).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A headliner is a composite material that is adhered to the inside roof of automobiles or yachts. It typically consists of a face fabric with nonwoven or foam backing. Headliners consist of multilayered composite materials that bring together multiple functionalities, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The headline band or performer at a concert; the best-known and first billed band, often performing as the final act of the evening. 2 The interior fabric covering the roof of a vehicle.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a performer who receives prominent billing [syn: star ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As often seems the case these days, the opening acts are of more interest than the headliner . ▪ David had come to the United States as a headliner . ▪ It feels good to be the headliner . ▪ Meadowbrook I knew all about, a steady ...
Usage examples of headliner.
Intoxicant were good but they were not perceived as good enough to give the headliners serious competition.
They did have to do press and TV interviews, after the headliners had had their say, but as long as they turned up for a sound check when the mass of stage equipment had been set up, and as long as they were there to open the show, no one seemed to care much what happened to them in between times.
Maybe they could become headliners on the next tour, but they knew that they had to be good without rocking the boat too much on this particular tour.
If the fans were talking about Intoxicant and not the headliners, that was a reason for the Railheads to do better.
The band headed back to the stage, determined to give their Anglo-French headliners even more of a problem over following them.
The headliners were Endymion, a Sheffield-based BMR band with a massive following.
The official excuse was unspecified breaches of contract but everyone knew that the real reasons were daring to put the longer version of The Portal in their act, upsetting the headliners by getting such a rave reception and the alleged connection between their Italian bootleg and the death of the youth in Sheffield.
That restlessness set him on the prowl soon after the headliners had begun their act.
He'd be a headliner when Randall was cavorting around in a wheelchair instead of that monster truck.
After the support act's frustrating performance, the headliner was really going to have to deliver.