scarehead/ˈskɛə(ɹ)hɛd/EtymologyClipping of scare + headlinenounAn alarming or sensational headline.“If then he makes a scarehead of it, and gets in three columns of space and as many photographs, it is his just reward.”verbTo write an alarming or sensational headline about.“As soon as my dead body is found the newspapers will want to know why I did it. I'll tell them. And they may scarehead it as much as they like.”