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Meaning of kickoff

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  kickoff
      n 1: (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a
           football game or to resume it after a score
      2: 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" [syn: {beginning}, {commencement}, {first},
         {outset}, {get-go}, {start}, {kickoff}, {starting time},
         {showtime}, {offset}] [ant: {end}, {ending}, {middle}]
      3: a start given to contestants; "I was there with my parents at
         the kickoff" [syn: {kickoff}, {send-off}, {start-off}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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