Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 a start given to contestants; 
- Example: "I was there with my parents at the kickoff"[syn: kickoff, send-off, start-off]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
start-off
    n 1: a start given to contestants; "I was there with my parents
         at the kickoff" [syn: kickoff, send-off, start-off]