Definition of kickoff Kickoff
/kɪˈkɔˌf/ - [kikof] - kick•off
We found 5 definitions of kickoff from 3 different sources.
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What does kickoff mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: kickofves |
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| kickoff - (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score | ||
| place-kicking, place kick (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking | ||
| commencement, beginning, start an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | ||
| kickoff - a start given to contestants; "I was there with my parents at the kickoff" | ||
| send-off, start-off | ||
| start a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen" | ||
| kickoff - 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" | ||
| beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, starting time, showtime, offset | ||
| middle the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" | ||
| ending, end the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" | ||
| point in time, point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" | ||
| birth the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" | ||
| incipience, incipiency beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency" | ||
| starting point, terminus a quo earliest limiting point | ||
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Wiktionary 
- kickoff (Noun)
Alternative spelling of kick-off.
Part of speech
🔤- kickoff, noun, singular of kickoffs.
