1. startle

verb. ['ˈstɑːrtəl'] to stimulate to action.

Rhymes with Startle

• hartle
• hartl
• hartell
• hartel
• bartol
• bartle
• bartl
• bartel

Sentences with startle

1. Verb, base form
Avoid hot or cold water which could startle or harm the kitten.

2. Adjective
Autistic children often have particular mannerisms, such as flapping their hands and an exaggerated startle response.

3. Adverb
The Moro, or startle, reflex, is an involuntary response normally present at birth.

Quotes about startle

1. He’s dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if he’d be happy to lie there gazing at me forever.
- Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

2. When I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone —‘I didn’t mean to startle her
- Patricia Briggs, Masques

3. One of my heroes, G.K. Chesterton, said, "The old fairy tales endure forever. The old fairy tale makes the hero a normal human boy; it is his adventures that are startling; they startle him because he is normal."Discovering that the modern world can still contain the wonder and strangeness of a fairy tale is part of what my novels are about.
- Regina Doman

2. startle

noun. ['ˈstɑːrtəl'] a sudden involuntary movement.

3. startle

verb. ['ˈstɑːrtəl'] move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm.