KICKOFF


Meaning of KICKOFF in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

( -s )

Etymology: kick off

1. : the act of kicking off: as

a. : a kick that puts the ball into play in a football or soccer game

b. : commencement

makes no bones about it being the kickoff for his big bid for the Democratic Presidential nod — Newsweek

is also hoping to round up some of its oldest living customers for this kickoff party — Bennett Cerf

2. : a device (as a power-operated lever) for casting work off a machine table out of a cavity in a die

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