To leap; to jump.
To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.
To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start in business.
To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.
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.
To bring into being or into view; to originate; to invent.
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.
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.
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.
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.
A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.
A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.
The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset; - opposed to finish.
A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle.
The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.
The arm, or lever, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
A Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union which provided for stepwise reductions in the number of nuclear weapons possessed by each country.
To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
To evict or remove from a place or position, usually with out or off; as, they kicked him off the staff; he was kicked out of the restaurant; the landlord kicked them out of the apartment for making too much noise.
To score (goals or points) by kicking; as, they kicked three field goals in the game.
To discontinue; - usually used of habitual activities; as, to kick a habit; he kicked his drug habit.
To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so.
To recoil; - said of a musket, cannon, etc.; also called kick back.
To make a kick as an offensive play.
To complain strenuously; to object vigorously.
To resist.
A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.
The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick.
The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.
A surge of pleasure; a thrill; - usually used in the phrase get a kick out of; as, I always get a kick out of watching an ice skater do a quadruple jump.