Start

start, vi. To move suddenly, or spasmodically, from any sudden feeling or emotion; to shrink, wince; to set out, begin. — v. t. To cause to move suddenly, alarm, startle, rouse; to produce suddenly to view or notice; to bring within pursuit; to move suddenly Starling. from its place, dislocate. (JYaut.) To quicken or give a start to by punishing with a rope's end. — n. A sudden spring, leap, or motion, occasioned by surprise, fear, pain, etc.; a startle; shock; a convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a wanton or unexpected movement; a sally; act of setting out; projection; horn; tail. — Start'ing-post, n. A post, stake, barrier, or place, from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race. — Start'-up, n. An upstart; a kind of high rustic shoe.— Startle, v. i. [-led (-Id), -ling.] To shrink: to move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling a sudden alarm.— v. t. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to start, shock, frighten, alarm, surprise. — n. A sudden motion or shock occasioned by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.