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false start

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of an athlete starting a race before being signaled to do so.

  2. The act of an offensive player moving across the line of scrimmage prior to the snap.

  3. An attempt at something that does not work, requiring one to start over.

    • After a "false start" that was too vigorous, overloading the motors, No. D171 made a very successful unassisted run from Tyne Dock to Consett.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for false start. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA