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kickoff
 
Noun kickoff has 3 senses
  1. kickoff - (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score
    --1 is a kind of     place kick, place-kicking; beginning, start, commencement
  2. beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
    --2 is a kind of point, point in time
    --2 has particulars:
     birth; incipiency, incipience; terminus a quo, starting point; threshold
    Derived form: verb kick off1
  3. kickoff, send-off, start-off - a start given to contestants; "I was there with my parents at the kickoff"
    --3 is a kind of start
    Derived form: verb kick off1
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