race start
When competition begins
Race start is the moment when a competition begins, marked by a signal—a starting gun, a flag drop, a countdown reaching zero.
The term applies across sports: running, swimming, cycling, motorsports.
She got a clean race start and never looked back.
In racing contexts, a good or bad start can determine the outcome.
- gunProjectile-launching weapon
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- on your marksPre-race command
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- blocksObstructs or sections
pistol · dash · launch · beginning · bang · hair trigger · whistle · green light · runners · track meet · gate · flag · surge · anticipation · crouch · tension · nervous energy · adrenaline
- Auto Racingracetrack, pit stop, checkered flag, podium finish, oval track
- racing gamesGran Turismo, Need for Speed, The Crew, Blur, Destruction Derby
- rowingoars, oar, rowing, crew, scull
- air racingpylons, checkered flag, lap times, finish line, qualifying
- beginningsbegin, beginning, first, opening, origin
- countdownscountdown timer, countdown clock, T-minus, tick tock, ticking
race startfinish line
Race completion marker
finish · checkered flag · finishing line · final lap · the end
race startfinish
Bring to completion
conclusion · ending · termination · completion · finale
race startfull stop
Terminal punctuation mark
halt · standstill · dead stop · braking
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