Definition of start

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Start (n.) A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort..

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Startlish :: Startlingly (adv.) In a startling manner.
Upskip :: Upskip (n.) An upstart.
Jerk :: Jerk (n.) A sudden start or spring.
Broach :: Broach (n.) A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag..
Upsterte :: Upsterte () imp. & p. p. of Upstart.
Dodge :: Dodge (n.) The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice..
Braid :: Braid (v. i.) To start; to awake.
Bopeep :: Bopeep (n.) The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened..
Set :: Set (v. i.) To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.
Handicap :: Handicap (n.) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like..
Start :: Start (n.) A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy..
Flush :: Flush (n.) A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
Whitecap :: Whitecap (n.) The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead.
Start :: Start (v. t.) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel..
Start :: Start (v. t.) To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox..
Gliff :: Gliff (n.) A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear.
Upset :: Upset (a.) Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold..
Rouse :: Rouse (v.) To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase..
Round :: Round (adv.) By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.
High :: High (superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high..
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