start-up Meaning, Definition & Usage

Start"-up` noun
Definitions
  1. One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart. Obs. Shak.
  2. A kind of high rustic shoe. Obs. Drayton.
    A startuppe, or clownish shoe. Spenser.
Start"-up` adjective
Definitions
  1. Upstart. R. Walpole.

Webster 1913