What is the meaning of START. Phrases containing START
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Short for 'starting a fight' or initiating a violent confrontation. As in 'Are ye start'n on uz like eh?' People in the south of England were more likely to say 'You wanna go?'.
a fright (“you gave me such an awful startâ€)
Bump start is British slang for a sudden rousing to action.
Start is old slang for a prison.
Verb. To help motivate, assist in promoting action. E.g."I think we need to bump start the project with an ideas session."
The process of starting a large diesel engine using compressed air to turn the engine over.
the protruding abdominal region of a woman when she starts to become noticeably pregnant (often creates speculation a woman is pregnant even when it's the result of bloating or the way clothes fall)
For starters is slang for in the first place.
Stop and start is London Cockney rhyming slang for the heart.
Jump start is medical slang for to defibrillate, or restore normal contractions of the heart through the use of drugs or an electric shock.
a child who moves out to start his or her own life, then returns home to live (often as a result of the economy, but possibly due to irresponsibility of some kind)
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n.
The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion.
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.
v. t.
To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business.
adv.
By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.
adv.
In a startling manner.
v. t.
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.
n.
A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.
a.
Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse.
imp. & p. p.
of Startle
a.
Easily startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; -- said especially of a hourse.
n.
One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.
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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Startle
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Start
v. t.
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
v. i.
To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business.
n.
Aptness to start.
v. i.
To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.
a.
Apt to start; skittish.
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