KICKOFF
Dictionary entry overview: What does kickoff mean?
• KICKOFF (noun)
The noun KICKOFF has 3 senses:
1. (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score
2. the time at which something is supposed to begin
3. a start given to contestants
Familiarity information: KICKOFF used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• KICKOFF (noun)
Meaning:
(football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("kickoff" is a kind 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)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Meaning:
The time at which something is supposed to begin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
showtime; outset; offset; get-go; commencement; starting time; kickoff; beginning; start; first
Context examples:
they got an early start / she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
Hypernyms ("kickoff" is a kind of...):
point; point in time (an instant of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kickoff"):
birth (the time when something begins (especially life))
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)
Meaning:
A start given to contestants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
start-off; send-off; kickoff
Context example:
I was there with my parents at the kickoff
Hypernyms ("kickoff" is a kind of...):
start (the beginning of anything)
