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Type of pistol
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starter
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Word definitions for starter in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Self-starter \Self`-start"er\, n. A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES starter home starter motor starter pack COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE late ▪ Yet, from that terrible experience, hope is born - the late starter rises to new life. ▪ In the event the only other contender was Enoch ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, stertour "instigator; one who starts," agent noun from start (v.). Mechanical sense is from 1875. For starters "to begin with" is 1873, American English colloquial. Starter home is from 1976; starter set is from 1946, originally of china.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Someone who starts something. 2 # The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag 3 # (context baseball English) A starting pitcher. 4 Something that starts something. 5 # An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine 6 ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Starter is the name of two Magic: The Gathering starter-level sets. The first Starter (later known as Starter 1999 ) came out on August 27, 1999 and was the fourth starter level set. It was followed by Starter 2000 , the fifth and final starter set, on ...
Usage examples of starter.
The roster also lacked depth, and we needed more reserves who had the potential to become starters and stars.
To a Scuzz crowd, looking at the world through a haze of too many octos, the first person to rise was the traditional starter of the fight.
We have a very personal approach, and I think more of my fellowman than to pretend an hotel that has tinned tomato soup for starters is serving haute cuisine.
He stopped pounding, then gave the starter three King Kong-class kicks, twisting the throttle hard.
If you get there first, order us some bruschetta with lemongrass sauce for starters.
He took me on a forced ride on his leaky liburnian, tried to drown me, and he stole my sword, for starters.
For starters, the sugar barons could save millions by cutting back on lawyers, lobbyists, yachts, polo ponies.
Aaron Pursley, for starters, and of course Rydell knew who he was from the show.
So Eldon Fisher and Hub had been friends of the fire starter right around the time of the haunting of the Tufts house.
The guy in the bathroom working the big yellow Bic, for starters, but he was an extreme case.
He had a flat electrical starter that he plugged into an extension cord, mounding on charcoal briquettes, which he rearranged with a set of long metal pincers.
In seconds a starter chugged, an engine caught and raced, and headlights stabbed the night as a car drove away.
For starters, there were no completely new books or datasets or other information published on the subject.
Harley, thumbed the starter button, used the long heavy shift to slide the gearwheel into place, rolled in a little throttle, released the clutch, and rode across the highway.
We circled round for five minutes, eleven of us, while the assistant starter tightened girths and complained that anyone would think we were in perishing Siberia.