kickoff

Noun kickoff has 3 senses

• kickoff(n = noun.act) - (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score;
is a kind of place-kicking, place kick, beginning, commencement, start

• kickoff(n = noun.time) beginning, commencement, first, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time - 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"
has particulars: birth, incipience, incipiency, starting point, terminus a quo, threshold
is a kind of point, point in time
Derived form verb kick off₁

• kickoff(n = noun.event) send-off, start-off - a start given to contestants; "I was there with my parents at the kickoff"
is a kind of start
Derived form verb kick off₁