flying start

flying start

noun

Definition of FLYING START

1

: a start in racing in which the participants are already moving when they cross the starting line or receive the starting signal

2

: a favorable start of something

Examples of FLYING START

1. The meeting got off to a flying start.
2. The restaurant made a flying start by filling up on opening night.

First Known Use of FLYING START

1851

Rhymes with FLYING START

à la carte, anti-art, applecart, beauty part, bleeding heart, Bonaparte, counterpart, egg and dart, fall apart, for one's part, heart-to-heart, Liddell Hart, lose one's heart, martial art, mini-mart, on one's part, open-heart, plastic art, poles apart, purpleheart, Purple Heart, running start, set apart, take apart, underpart, upperpart