Unscramble kickoff

Definition of kickoff

noun:

• (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score.
• the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start", "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her". Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time. Antonyms: end, middle.
• a start given to contestants; "I was there with my parents at the kickoff". Synonyms: send-off, start-off.

Related words

birth, incipience, incipiency, threshold.

Rhymes with

blastoff, cutoff, falloff, gorbachev, khrushchev, knockoff, layoff, liftoff, markoff, payoff, playoff, romanoff, romanov, runoff, saratov, selloff, standoff, takeoff, tradeoff, turnoff.