Usually means: Sudden shock causing brief fright.
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  3. startle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. Startle, startle: Wordnik
  7. startle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. startle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. startle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  14. startle: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Startle (disambiguation), Startle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Startle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. startle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  20. startle: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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(Note: See startled as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
verb:  (transitive) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To deter; to cause to deviate.
noun:  A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.

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