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Definition of Flying start
1. Noun. A racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line.
2. Noun. A quick and auspicious beginning.
Definition of Flying start
1. Noun. (idiomatic) An especially good start. ¹
2. Noun. The start of a sports event in which the competitors are moving when they pass the starting line or initial jump point. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flying Start
Literary usage of Flying start
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Training for Effective Study: A Practical Discussion of Effective Methods by Frank Waters Thomas (1922)
"Warming-up " and the " flying start." A considerable part of the study period is
regularly wasted in getting started. This waste has a tendency to continue ..."
2. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1896)
"... and one minute and fifty-two and three-fifths seconds with a flying start,
while the bicycle quadruplet has made a mile in one minute and forty-six and ..."
3. The Horseless Age (1909)
"Oldfield also made an attempt to lower the flying start mile record, but could
do no better ... De Witt, Buick 1:081-10 TRIALS AGAINST TIME, flying start. ..."
4. Producer Gas by Joseph Emerson Dowson, Alfred Tabois Larter (1907)
"flying start: duration of test, 3 hours 49 minutes. Average load on dynamo, 23
62 kilowatts. Anthracite consumed during test, 670 grams (1-48 Ib.) per ..."
5. Outing (1893)
"One-half mile, flying start, 57 4-53. October sth.—At New Haven, Conn., over the
Pequot course, the New Haven Bicycle oi Club ran its ten-mile-heat ..."
6. Organization of Aeronautic Contests and Contest Rules: Including Statutes by Aero Club of America, International Aeronautic Federation Statutes and General Regulations (1922)
"(b) POSITION AT START (flying start) : Planes competing for Pulitzer Trophy will
be sent away separately in the order of the receipt of entries. ..."
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