starting block

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Definitions of starting block words

noun starting block a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet. 1
noun starting block athletics: foot-positioning device 1
countable noun starting block Starting blocks are blocks which runners put their feet against to help them move quickly forward at the start of a race. 0
noun starting block one of a pair of adjustable devices with pads or blocks against which a sprinter braces his or her feet in crouch starts 0

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

First recorded in 1945-50

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