Definitions for kickoff

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

kick′off`(n.)

or kick′-off`

  1. Football. a place kick from the 40-yard line of the team kicking at the beginning of the first and third periods or after the team kicking has scored a touchdown or field goal.

    Category: Sport

  2. Soccer. a kick that puts a stationary ball into play from the center line of the field at the start of a quarter or after a goal has been scored.

    Category: Sport

  3. the initial stage of something; start; beginning.

Origin of kickoff:

1855–60

Princeton's WordNet

  1. kickoff(noun)

    (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score

  2. beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset(noun)

    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"

  3. kickoff, send-off, start-off(noun)

    a start given to contestants

    "I was there with my parents at the kickoff"


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