kickoff

kick·off  (kkôf, -f)

n.

1. Football A place kick in football that starts play at the beginning of a half or after a team has scored.

2. Sports

a. A kick of a stationary ball from the middle of the field in soccer that starts play at the beginning of a half or after a goal has been scored.

b. A similar kick in Rugby.

3. Informal A beginning: the kickoff of a charity campaign.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kickoff - (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score place kick, place-kicking - (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking commencement, start, beginning - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" football, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
	2.	kickoff - 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" get-go, offset, outset, showtime, commencement, starting time, beginning, start, first birth - the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age" incipience, incipiency - beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency" point in time, point - an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave" starting point, terminus a quo - earliest limiting point threshold - the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood"
	3.	kickoff - a start given to contestants; "I was there with my parents at the kickoff" start-off, send-off start - the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start"

Translations

kickoff [ˈkɪkɒf] N (Ftbl) → saque m (inicial) (fig) → comienzo m
I'm not going there, for a kickoff > → para empezar, no pienso ir

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kickoff [ˈkɪkˌɒf] n (Ftbl) → calcio d'inizio (fig) → inizio

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kickoff [ˈkɪkˌɒf] n (Ftbl) → calcio d'inizio (fig) → inizio

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kickoff → الركلة الأولى zahájení zápasu start Anstoß εναρκτήριο λάκτισμα saque inicial aloitus coup d’envoi početak calcio d’inizio キックオフ 시작 aftrap avspark rozpoczęcie meczu chute inicial, pontapé de saída начало avspark การเตะลูกครั้งแรก başlama vuruşu cú phát bóng 开球