kickoff

/ˌkɪkˈɔf/

/ˈkɪkɒf/

Other forms: kickoffs

Definitions of kickoff

1. noun

   (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score
   type of:

   place kick, place-kicking

   (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking

   beginning, commencement, start

   the act of starting something
2. noun

   a start given to contestants
   “I was there with my parents at the kickoff”

   synonyms: send-off, start-off

   type of:

   start

   the beginning of anything
3. noun

   the time at which something is supposed to begin
   synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time

   types:

   birth

   the time when something begins (especially life)

   incipience, incipiency

   beginning to exist or to be apparent

   starting point, terminus a quo

   earliest limiting point

   threshold

   the starting point for a new state or experience

   cradle

   birth of a person

   type of:

   point, point in time

   an instant of time