startle
English
/ˈstɑːt(ə)l/, /ˈstɑɹt(ə)l/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
- (transitive) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
- (transitive) To deter; to cause to deviate.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English startlen inherited from Old English steartlian (kick with the foot, struggle, stumble) suffix from English start.
Origin
English
start
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- astart English
- autostart English
- blackstart English
- deadstart English
- forestart English
- kick start English
- misstart English
- multi-start English
- outstart English
- prestart English
- quickstart English
- redstart English
- restart English
- start English
- startable English
- startbox English
- starter English
- startest English
- starteth English
- startful English
- startish English
- startlement English
- startler English
- startline English
- startlish English
- startness English
- startscum English
- startword English
- tostart English
- unstart English
- upstart English
- upstartle English
- whitestart English
- startata Finnish
- startti Finnish
- starten German
- start Dutch, Flemish
- старт Russian
- start Norwegian Bokmål
- starte Norwegian Bokmål
- start Swedish
- スタート Japanese
- start Polish
- start Norwegian Nynorsk
- starta Norwegian Nynorsk
- steartlian Old English
- startlen Middle English
- stert Middle English
- start Danish
- starte Danish
- start Czech
- start Turkish
- stèrter Norman
- štart Slovak
- start Crimean Tatar
- start
- astart
- tostart
- unstart
- starter
- restart
- upstart
- starteth
- prestart
- startish
- startler
- redstart
- startbox
- startest
- misstart
- startful
- outstart
- startable
- startscum
- startline
- upstartle
- deadstart
- startlish
- startness
- autostart
- startword
- forestart
- kick start
- blackstart
- whitestart
- quickstart
- multi-start
- startlement