Definition of Startlers

1. Noun. (plural of startler) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Startlers

1. startler [n] - See also: startler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Startlers

starting signal
starting stalls
starting time
starting up
startingly
startings
startish
startle
startle reaction
startle reflex
startle response
startled
startlement
startlements
startler
startlers (current term)
startles
startling
startlingly
startlish
startly
starts
starts up
startsy
startup
startupper
startups
starvation
starvation acidosis
starvations

Literary usage of Startlers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"... and the Winged startlers.* He went on. Soon he saw some partridges, and he asked them (they were little ones on their nest), "What's your name? ..."

2. The Court Theatre 1904-1907: A Commentary and Criticism by Desmond MacCarthy (1907)
"... the maiden aunts wake with a horrified jump and bustle into the house; over the high, thick hedge come paper startlers and handfuls of confetti; ..."

3. The Court Theatre 1904-1907: A Commentary and Criticism by Desmond MacCarthy (1907)
"... the maiden aunts wake with a horrified jump and bustle into the house; over the high, thick hedge come paper startlers and handfuls of confetti; ..."

4. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1874)
"... and Zenobia, a bedder producing vivid carmine-crimson flowers, are genuine startlers, and carry forward the high type of zonales by a great bound. ..."

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