Related Words for kickoff

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start
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Noun
outset
/x
Noun, Noun
commencement
x/x
Noun, Noun
offset
x/
Noun, Noun
beginning
x/x
Noun, Noun
first
/
Noun, Noun, Adjective
touchdown
/x
Noun
inaugural
x/xx
Noun
punt
/
Noun
halftime
/x
Noun
homecoming
/xx
Noun
scrimmage
/x
Noun
celebration
xx/x
Noun
festivities
x/xx
Noun
season
/x
Noun
event
x/
Noun
weeklong
/x
Adjective
annual
/xx
Name
jamboree
x//
Noun
tailgate
/x
Noun
game
/
Noun
football
/x
Noun
weekend
/x
Noun
countdown
/x
Noun
preseason
x/x
Noun
opening
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
handoff
/x
Noun
lead up
//
Phrase, Noun
jump start
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Phrase, Noun
ballplayer
/xx
Noun
ball club
//
Phrase, Noun
rule book
//
Phrase, Noun
holdup
/x
Noun
cutout
/x
Noun
checkered flag
/x/
Phrase, Noun
around the clock
x/x/
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
roars
/
Verb
fumbled
/x
Verb
ensuing
/xx
Verb
half
/
Adjective
campaign
x/
Noun
minutes
/x
Noun
lined
/
Verb
official
x/x
Adjective
delayed
x/
Verb
miss
/
Verb
returned
x/
Verb
play
/
Noun
scheduled
/x
Verb
ran
/
Verb
puts
/
Verb
receiving
x/x
Verb
second
/x
Adjective
next
/
Adjective
formal
/x
Adjective
took
/
Verb
initial
x/x
Adjective
center
/x
Noun
waiting
/x
Verb
almost
/x
Adverb
traditional
x/xx
Adjective
time
/
Noun
short
/
Adjective
big
/
Adjective
auction
/x
Noun, Verb
audit
/x
Noun, Verb
audition
x/x
Noun, Verb
bake
/
Noun, Verb
banquet
/x
Noun, Verb
bid
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boot
/
Noun, Verb
ceremony
/xxx
Noun
christening
/xx
Noun
dance
/
Noun, Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
exorcism
/xxx
Noun
funeral
/xx
Noun, Adjective
holiday
/xx
Noun, Verb
inauguration
xxx/x
Noun
initiate
x/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
initiation
xxx/x
Noun
launch
/
Noun, Verb
lineup
/x
Noun
meeting
/x
Noun
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
outing
/x
Noun
potlatch
/x
Noun, Verb
release
x/
Noun, Verb
starting point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
startup
/x
Noun
terminus a quo
/xxx/
Phrase, Noun
threshold
/x
Noun
unveiling
x/x
Noun
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
southend
/x
Name
aisle
/
Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun