kick-offn.

Brit.

/ˈkɪkˌɒf/,

/ˈkɪkˌɔːf/, U.S.

/ˈkɪkˌɔf/,

/ˈkɪkˌɑf/

Etymology: See to kick about or around 2 at kick v.¹ Phrasal verbs.

a. The first kick to the ball in a football match.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > start of game

kick-off1857

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. v. 113 Has'nt old Brooke won the toss..and got choice of goals, and kick-off?

1895 Welldon G. Eversley's Friendsh. 161 The match was hotly contested from the kick-off to the finish.

b. figurative. The start, beginning; an inaugural or opening event.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun]

ordeOE

thresholdeOE

frumthc950

anginOE

frumeOE

worthOE

beginninga1225

springc1225

commencementc1250

ginninga1300

comsingc1325

entryc1330

aginning1340

alphac1384

incomea1400

formec1400

ingressc1420

birtha1425

principlea1449

comsementa1450

resultancec1450

inition1463

inceptiona1483

entering1526

originala1529

inchoation1530

opening1531

starting1541

principium1550

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onset1561

rise1589

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ingate1591

overture1595

budding1601

initiationa1607

starting off1616

dawninga1631

dawn1633

impriminga1639

start1644

fall1647

initial1656

outset1664

outsettinga1698

going off1714

offsetting1782

offset1791

commence1794

aurora1806

incipiency1817

set-out1821

set-in1826

throw-off1828

go-off1830

outstart1844

start1857

incipience1864

oncome1865

kick-off1875

off-go1886

off1896

get-go1960

lift-off1967

1875 Punch 27 Feb. 88/2 Sir H. James asked the Attorney-General three questions, by way of kick-off.

1919 P. G. Wodehouse My Man Jeeves 200 The kick-off was scheduled for one o'clock in the morning, when the household might be expected to be..asleep.

1969 New Yorker 11 Oct. 43/2 The kickoff starts tonight, with a dinner for the living benefactors of the Museum.

1973 M. Truman Harry S. Truman i. 20 The first major crisis came on Labor Day, when we went to Detroit to make the traditional kickoff speech in Cadillac Square.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kick-off
释义	kick-offn. Brit. /ˈkɪkˌɒf/, /ˈkɪkˌɔːf/, U.S. /ˈkɪkˌɔf/, /ˈkɪkˌɑf/ Etymology: See to kick about or around 2 at kick v.¹ Phrasal verbs. a. The first kick to the ball in a football match. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > start of game kick-off1857 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. v. 113 Has'nt old Brooke won the toss..and got choice of goals, and kick-off? 1895 Welldon G. Eversley's Friendsh. 161 The match was hotly contested from the kick-off to the finish. b. figurative. The start, beginning; an inaugural or opening event. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] ordeOE thresholdeOE frumthc950 anginOE frumeOE worthOE beginninga1225 springc1225 springc1225 commencementc1250 ginninga1300 comsingc1325 entryc1330 aginning1340 alphac1384 incomea1400 formec1400 ingressc1420 birtha1425 principlea1449 comsementa1450 resultancec1450 inition1463 inceptiona1483 entering1526 originala1529 inchoation1530 opening1531 starting1541 principium1550 entrance1553 onset1561 rise1589 begin1590 ingate1591 overture1595 budding1601 initiationa1607 starting off1616 dawninga1631 dawn1633 impriminga1639 start1644 fall1647 initial1656 outset1664 outsettinga1698 going off1714 offsetting1782 offset1791 commence1794 aurora1806 incipiency1817 set-out1821 set-in1826 throw-off1828 go-off1830 outstart1844 start1857 incipience1864 oncome1865 kick-off1875 off-go1886 off1896 get-go1960 lift-off1967 1875 Punch 27 Feb. 88/2 Sir H. James asked the Attorney-General three questions, by way of kick-off. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse My Man Jeeves 200 The kick-off was scheduled for one o'clock in the morning, when the household might be expected to be..asleep. 1969 New Yorker 11 Oct. 43/2 The kickoff starts tonight, with a dinner for the living benefactors of the Museum. 1973 M. Truman Harry S. Truman i. 20 The first major crisis came on Labor Day, when we went to Detroit to make the traditional kickoff speech in Cadillac Square. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857
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