pikstart

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from pik or pikken, but which sense?”)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈpɪk.stɑrt/
Hyphenation: pik‧start

Noun edit

pikstart m (plural pikstarts)

(sports) A very fast start, in races almost coinciding with the starting signal. [from 1940s]