plural of starting pitcher

(baseball) A pitcher who is usually used to start a game; a member of a team's rotation. Compare relief pitcher. / (baseball) A pitcher who is recorded to begin the game.

plural of starting point

present participle of jump-start

simple past tense and past participle of jump-start

(US, basketball) The five players who are initially playing for a team at the start of a game.

simple past tense and past participle of kick-start

present participle of kick-start

(sports, longtrack speedskating) a starting position in longtrack speedskating, whereby the speedskater adopts tripod position with the ice surface, with one hand down, and both skates.

(athletics) A gun fired to start a race. / (figuratively) A signal to start or proceed.