(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

plural of jump-start

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jump-start

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

present participle of kick-start

plural of kick-start

Third-person singular simple present indicative form 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.