📖 Definitions of "Flying start"
noun
- 1
An especially good start.
- 2
The start of a sports event in which the competitors are moving when they pass the starting line or initial jump point.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Flying start"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| kick startnoun | (figuratively) A fast or strong start; help with starting or beginning well. |
| startnoun | The beginning of an activity. |
| jumpnoun | The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. |
| head startnoun | (idiomatic) An advantage consisting in starting a competition or task earlier than might be expected; given (or taken), for example, prior to the beginning of a race. |
| starting pointnoun | The first steps when commencing an activity. |
| forestartnoun | A head start. |
| launch padnoun | The surface or structure from which a launch is made. |
| kick-offnoun | (by extension) The opening sequence of any event. |
| headstartnoun | Alternative spelling of head start. [(idiomatic) An advantage consisting in starting a competition or task earlier than might be expected; given (or taken), for example, prior to the beginning of a race.] |
| starternoun | Someone who starts, or who starts something. |
| hard startnoun | (astronautics) An explosion in a rocket engine during startup, usually due to the presence of too much propellant prior to ignition. |
| startingverb | The act of something that starts. |
| first port of callnoun | (idiomatic) The first place to go to start a process. |
| push-startnoun | The starting of a vehicle in this manner. |
| beginner's lucknoun | Good luck supposedly enjoyed during a beginner's first attempt. |
| jumping-off pointnoun | A starting point for a mission, adventure, investigation etc. |
| thresholdnoun | The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill. |
| first flightnoun | The first competitor to finish in a footrace or horse race, in a foxhunt, etc. |
| forehandnoun | (racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke. |
| jumping-off placenoun | Synonym of jumping-off point. |
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