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prestart

adj

Etymology

From pre- + start.

  1. derived from *(s)ter-✻ — “to be stiff”
  2. inherited from *sturtijan✻ — “to startle, move, set in motion”
  3. inherited from styrtan — “to leap up, start”
  4. inherited from sterten — “to leap up suddenly, rush out”
  5. prefixed as prestart — “pre + start”

Definitions

  1. Prior to the beginning of a race

    • BMW Oracle Racing seemed to have the prestart advantage after its skipper, Chris Dickson, locked the Kiwis out in front of the line[…].

  2. The countdown immediately before the start of a race.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prestart. 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