| flying start | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called (informal): flyer (in sprinting) a start by a competitor anticipating the starting signal |
| 2. | a start to a race or time trial in which the competitor is already travelling at speed as he passes the starting line |
| 3. | any promising beginning |
| 4. | an initial advantage over others |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |