startle
has definitions from the fields of biology,medicine
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[ verb ] to stimulate to action
Examples "..startled him awake" "galvanized into action" Used in print (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)startled him awake . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)She looked at the girl speculatively from eyes which had paled with the years ; from the early evening lights of them which had first startled Izaak to look at her in an uncousinly way , they had faded to a near absence of color which had , possibly from her constant looking_at the water , something of the light of the sea in them . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)Maybe one could be startled into forgetfulness . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (biology,medicine) a sudden involuntary movement
Examples : "he awoke with a start" Related terms |
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