flying start

1. 1.

   a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line

   Synonymsrunning start

   Broaderracing start
2. 2.

   a quick and auspicious beginning

   Synonymsrunning start

   Broaderstart

Questions about flying start

What does flying start mean?

flying start means "a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for flying start?

Close synonyms include running start, running start. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flying start a common word?

flying start is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.