startup

noun

/ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/CA/ˈstɑːtəp/UK

Etymology

From start + up, describing a boot that starts up (reaches up) to the middle of the leg.

The act or process of starting a process or machine.
A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.
A folder (especially in Windows), containing shortcuts of applications or programs that…
A folder (especially in Windows), containing shortcuts of applications or programs that start up automatically after a user signs in.
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1. 4
  A kind of high-low or thigh-high boot worn by rustic people.
  - 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender, London: Hugh Singleton, “Februarie,” Glosse, Galage) a startuppe or clownish shoe.
  - But Hob and Iohn of the countrey they stept in churlishly, in their high startvps […]
2. A kind of gaiter or legging.
3. 6
  One who comes suddenly into notice
  One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart.
  - That young start-up hath all the glory of my overthrow: if I can cross him any way, I bless myself every way.

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