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/sɛlf-stˈɑrtər/ Listen

Self-starter

noun

An energetic person with unusual initiative.

An electric starting motor that automatically starts an internal-combustion engine.

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"Self-starter" Quotes from Famous Books

... to an arroyo containing a considerable stream of muddy water, and Law was forced to get out to plug the carburetor and stop the oil-intakes to the crankcase. This done, Alaire ran the machine through on the self-starter. When Jose's "Carambas!" and Dolores's shrieks had subsided, and they were again under way, Mrs. Austin, it seemed, had regained ...

— Heart of the Sunset • Rex Beach

... into the driver's seat, switched on the self-starter, and just as one of the detectives tried to mount beside me, I threw down among my assailants a little dark brown bomb the shape of an egg, with which Rayne had provided ...

— The Golden Face - A Great 'Crook' Romance • William Le Queux

Words linked to "Self-starter" : powerhouse, electric motor, ball of fire, starting motor, human dynamo, internal-combustion engine, starter motor, starter, ice, fireball