plural of flying start

plural of false start

plural of starting price

The opening price for an item at an auction. / (horse racing) The final odds on a horse when the race starts; also used to designate a system of fixed-odds betting using such prices. Abbreviation: SP.

A hand lever for working the valves when starting a steam engine.

(dated) A loophole; evasion.

recoil start

A method of starting an internal combustion engine by pulling a rope so that it uncoils around the end of the crankshaft, spinning it to crank the engine.

A hypnic jerk.

A hypnic jerk.