kickoff

Definition of kickoff

Nouns

(football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score
Type of:
place kick, place-kicking
(sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking
beginning, commencement, start
the act of starting something
the time at which something is supposed to begin
Synonyms:
beginning, commencement, first, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time
Antonyms:
middle
time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period
end
the point in time at which something ends
ending
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birth
the time when something begins (especially life)
cradle
birth of a person
incipience, incipiency
beginning to exist or to be apparent
starting point, terminus a quo
earliest limiting point
threshold
the starting point for a new state or experience
Type of:
point, point in time
an instant of time
a start given to contestants
"I was there with my parents at the kickoff"
Synonyms:
send-off, start-off
Type of:
start
the beginning of anything

Vocabulary Lists for kickoff

football words »(50 words)
Some vocabulary from (American) football.
  • American football
  • ball carrier
  • blitz
  • completion
  • downfield

Course names »(22 words)
  • get-go
  • kickoff
  • commencement
  • start out
  • progress

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