"hill start" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hill starts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hill start (plural hill starts)
  1. (automotive) The act of starting a motor vehicle moving forwards from a complete stop when going uphill, typically requiring the use of the handbrake. Categories (topical): Automotive Translations (Translations): mäkilähtö (Finnish), démarrage en côte [masculine] (French), bakkestart [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), uruchamiać pod górę [imperfective] (Polish), uruchomić pod górę [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-hill_start-en-noun-PJMpp5nm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

Inflected forms

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