A brief sprint performed by a group of cyclists during a training ride.
To start before the signal is given; usually in drag racing.
1. To begin early rapid acceleration in a rolling-start race before the green flag. 2. To make an early, sudden start off the line in drag racing before the green light. 3. To bypass the ignition switch to start a vehicle. 4. To jump start a vehicle. 5. An obstacle that causes an off-road vehicle to become airborne.
a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car's battery
a courageous moment -- it is a sudden phenomenon
A sudden burst of speed that usually becomes a sprint.
Exhibiting properties with the same values when measured along axes in all directions. Opposite of anisotropic. [ Words starting with K
a fast acceleration that can become an escape or a Sprint, being stopped generally in the pedals outside the chair to mount.
a quick, hard acceleration.
A quick acceleration usually developing into a sprint.
A sudden acceleration, often at the start of the sprint.
Sudden transition from supercritical flow to the complementary subcritical flow, conserving momentum and dissipating energy; the hydraulic jump.
An illegal (false) start done by the second, third, or fourth member of a relay team. When the swimmer on the block breaks contact with the block before the swimmer in the water touches the wall.
A quick acceleration which usually develops into a sprint.