Start
nounproper nounproper nountop 1 000 in film dialogue
A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
noun
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A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
Etymology
The verb start, with initial uppercase letter.
proper noun
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A surname from Old English.
Etymology
Topographic surname, from Old English steort (“tail, promontory”).
proper noun
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obsoleteThe city of London, England.
It is true that certain kinds of documents, especially sham hawkers’ licenses, may be had in the provinces, at prices suited to the importance of their contents, or to the probable gains of their circulation; but all the ‘regular bang-up fakes’ are manufactured in the ‘Start’ (metropolis), and sent into the country to order, carefully packed up, and free from observation.
Forms
- plural
- Starts
Start · A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
starter · Someone who starts, or who starts something.starting · The act of something that starts.startle · To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.