STARTLES

Noun

startles

plural of startle

Verb

startles

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of startle

Anagrams

• Stalters, Statlers, slatters, starlets

Source: Wiktionary

STARTLE

Star"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Startled; p. pr. & vb. n. Startling.] Etym: [Freq. of start.]

Definition: To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction Addison.

Star"tle, v. t.

1. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise. The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes assume bodies need not startle us. Locke.

2. To deter; to cause to deviate. [R.] Clarendon.

Syn.

– To start; shock; fright; frighten; alarm.

Star"tle, n.

Definition: A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger. After having recovered from my first startle, I was very well pleased with the accident. Spectator.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition