Phrase Hound found 65 phrases and 10 compound words that contain starting. The most common are listed below. Open starting in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 65
- starting pointThe place where a journey starts.
- starting outpresent participle and gerund of start out
- starting uppresent participle and gerund of start up
- starting timeThe moment in time at which something is scheduled or supposed to begin.
- starting priceThe opening price for an item at an auction.
- starting blockA peg or angled block of wood or metal pedal used by track and field athletes, mainly sprinters, for getting a quick start in a race.
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- starting a familypresent participle and gerund of start a family
- starting lineupAn official list of the set of players who will participate in the event when the game begins.
- starting overpresent participle and gerund of start over
- self-startingThat starts by itself.
- starting gunA gun fired to start a race.
- starting pointsplural of starting point: The place where a journey starts.
- starting pricesplural of starting price: The opening price for an item at an auction.
- starting signalA railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, nowadays usually a colour-light signal.
- starting gateA machine used to ensure a fair start in horse or dog racing by opening doors to allow all the racing animals out at the same time.
- starting offpresent participle and gerund of start off
- starting up onpresent participle and gerund of start up on
- push-startingpresent participle and gerund of push-start
- starting blocksplural of starting block: A peg or angled block of wood or metal pedal used by track and field athletes, mainly sprinters, for getting a quick start in a race.
- starting pitcherA pitcher who is usually used to start a game; a member of a team's rotation. Compare relief pitcher.
- starting backpresent participle and gerund of start back
- starting barA handlever for working the valves when starting a steam engine.
- starting fiveThe five players who are initially playing for a team at the start of a game.
- starting postA post or pole to mark the place where a race starts, especially in horseracing
Compound words 10
- startinglyBy sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.
- firestartingSynonym of firemaking: The act or process of making a fire; especially, the skill in getting a fire going, even despite adverse conditions, such as wet weather, darkness, and so on.
- nonstartingNot starting, or unrelated to the starting of something.
- headstartingA conservation technique for endangered species, in which young animals are raised artificially and subsequently released into the wild.
- autostartingpresent participle and gerund of autostart
- deadstartingpresent participle and gerund of deadstart
- jumpstartingpresent participle and gerund of jumpstart
- kickstartingpresent participle and gerund of kickstart
- misstartingpresent participle and gerund of misstart
- outstartingpresent participle and gerund of outstart