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In natural English speech, "startle" appears in contexts such as: "I can't believe I missed from that close, but as far as I could tell, it did nothing but stagger the creature a bit and startle it into dropping the wagon, which bounced on its big tires as I took the opportunity to scramble farther away. We were making a lot of noise.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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IPA/ˈstɑɹt(ə)l/

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I can't believe I missed from that close, but as far as I could tell, it did nothing but stagger the creature a bit and

startle it into dropping the wagon, which bounced on its big tires as I took the opportunity to scramble farther away.

We were making a lot of noise.

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Definitions of “startle”

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verb

To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.

“a horse that startles easily”

Synonyms:start

verb

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.”

Synonyms:alarm frighten scare surprise

noun

A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.

“The figure of a man heaving in sight amidst these wide solitudes, always causes a startle and thrill of expectation and doubt, similar to the feeling produced by the announcement of " a strange sail ahead" on shipboard, during a long voyage.”

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