Definition of Flying start

1. Noun. A racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line.

Exact synonyms: Running Start
Generic synonyms: Racing Start

2. Noun. A quick and auspicious beginning.
Exact synonyms: Running Start
Generic synonyms: Start

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

flying purple people eater
flying purple people eaters
flying rat
flying rats
flying reptile
flying robin
flying saucer
flying saucers
flying school
flying sport
flying sports
flying spot microscope
flying squad
flying squirrel
flying squirrels
flying start
flying starts
flying the coop
flying the nest
flying toilets
flying visit
flyingfish
flyingfishes
flyings
flyleaf
flyleafs
flyleaves
flyless
flymaker

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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