Start-up - Dictionary Definition and Overview

startup (noun)
1: the act of setting in operation; "repeated shutdowns and startups are expensive"
2: the act of starting a new operation or practice; "he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation"; "the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes" [syn: inauguration]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Start-up : \Start"-up`\, n. 1. One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart. [Obs.] --Shak.

2. A kind of high rustic shoe. [Obs.] --Drayton.

A startuppe, or clownish shoe. --Spenser.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Start-up : \Start"-up`\, a. Upstart. [R.] --Walpole.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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