(computing) A menu in some operating systems that is launched by pressing an on-screen button and provides a central launching point for applications and tasks.

plural of Start button

(computing, graphical user interface) a labeled button in some versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system that opens the Start menu.

Intermittent; starting and stopping with regularity.

The opening price for an item at an auction. / (horse racing) The final odds on a horse when the race starts; also used to designate a system of fixed-odds betting using such prices. Abbreviation: SP.

plural of starting price

A hand lever for working the valves when starting a steam engine.

recoil start

A method of starting an internal combustion engine by pulling a rope so that it uncoils around the end of the crankshaft, spinning it to crank the engine.

(dated) A loophole; evasion.