your powers of observation are startling

Its another way of saying no shit dumbass!!! When did you first noticed!!

Wow!!! look thats a wooden tree?? Your powers of observation are startling.

by Hooliganway April 22, 2021

Startling the engine

A phrase used in the mechanics world for turning on an engine and turning it off in under a second.

Stop startling the engine you'll ruin the starter!!

by Honda_Otaku December 03, 2016

Startle Farts

Being startled so abruptly that you can't stop a fart from escaping.

It happened so fast I got the startle farts!

by 2girls1cup87 March 30, 2019

startle simulator

A subgenre of horror game that combines a walking simulator with sudden, jarring audiovisual shocks. Instead of building tension gradually, these games rely on abrupt loud noises and flashing images to elicit quick, visceral fright responses. This approach sacrifices narrative depth and atmosphere for cheap thrills, it is the lowest, cheapest and most abundant form found in horror because it takes little skill/effort.

- Did you hear about that new horror game "Back door horrors 9"? It looks like it's gonna be really scary.

- What? What are you talking about? That's obviously some startle simulator. The entire trailer is just popup images and boom sound effects. It's made for YouTubers to get meaningless screams out of them for clickbait.

by idontcare97098 February 19, 2025

Startle

Baby lizards

Everyone knows that late spring and early summer is startle season!

by Mkjones May 05, 2021

audio startle

When you forget you have your computer speakers on and one of those audio alerts (from spell checker,you've got mail,Weatherbug, etc) scares the crap out of you. Can also occur when computer is idle but the speakers are on if you have an Aquarium screen saver.(bubbling water)

I was already sitting on a poop knob when I received an audio startle that made me soil myself.

by wolfbait51 May 28, 2011