View synonyms for kickoff

kickoff

or kick-off

[ kik-awf, -of ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Football. a place kick or a drop kick from the 40-yard line of the team kicking at the beginning of the first and third periods or after the team kicking has scored a touchdown or field goal.
Soccer. a kick that puts a stationary ball into play from the center line of the field at the start of a quarter or after a goal has been scored.
the initial stage of something; start; beginning:
the campaign kickoff.

Origin of kickoff¹

First recorded in 1855–60; noun use of verb phrase kick off

Because the marketing of the screening included a rainbow flag and said it was to be the kickoff of “LGBT Awareness Month.”

May marks the true kickoff of primary season for the 2014 elections.

Joe Paterno, something of a god himself, saw none of it; he was minutes from the kickoff.

Tech giants including Mark Zuckerberg meet at the Mobile World Congress kickoff in Barcelona.

If there was any hope for an epic comeback, Percy Harvin quashed it by taking the second half kickoff to the house.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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