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(mathematics) a progression in which a constant is added to each term in order to obtain the next term; "1-4-7-10-13- is the start of…

To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room.

The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and dr…

To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.

To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appea…

To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.

Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of…

To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.

To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb…

The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel wh…

(mathematics) a progression in which each term is multiplied by a constant in order to obtain the next term; "1-4-16-64-256- is the st…

Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers.

A sudden start or spring.

To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound…

To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the…

To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.

The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gu…

Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped.