Crossword clues for starting block
WordNet
n. block providing bracing for a runner's feet at start of a race
Wikipedia
Starting block may refer to:
in sports:
- Starting block in track cycling, the object which holds the bicycle at the starting line until the starting signal
- Starting blocks in track and field, an apparatus that braces a runner's feet at the start of a race
- Starting block in Swimming (sport), a raised platform mounted at the end of a pool from which swimmers begin a race
in film:
- Stade 81 (Starting Blocks), a 1981 short documentary film directed by Jaco Van Dormael
Usage examples of "starting block".
A half-dozen bodies moved in unison at that last comment, like runners leaping off the starting block.
She put her fingertips on the floor, in the stance of a runner at a starting block, trying to ready herself to jump in any direction.
Kanakaredes thrusts himself into the steep snowfield like an Olympic swimmer diving off the starting block.
Instantly,unconsciously, like a runner from a starting block at the sound ofa gun, Becker was vaulting forward.
Mike looked at Annie and Annie looked at Mike, and then they both shoved Hormat away from the door - but only accidentally, in the process of using him as a starting block.
I tell myself, settling into my starting block and looking at a string of lights --red, red, red, green.