Definitions For Logline

Noun

LOGLINE (plural LOGLINEs) (authorship) A very short summary of a script or screenplay. : {{cot, en, elevator pitch}} (nautical) The line fastened to the log, and marked for finding the speed of a vessel.

Related terms

heave the log

Translations

Finnish: juoniseloste Finnish: lokiliina French: ligne de loch, f German: Logleine, f Russian: лаглинь, m

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, logge-line, log lyne, logg line, logg-line, loggline}} {{qual, all obsolete}} {{alter, en, log line, log-line}}

Etymology

first attested in 1613 as {{m + en + logge-line}}. a compound of log + line.