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Verb: kick-start  'kik,staa(r)t
  1. Get something started; resume or energize
    "kick-start the economy with a large construction project"
     
  2. Start (a motorcycle) by means of a kick starter
    "He kick-started his vintage motorcycle"
Noun: kick-start  'kik,staa(r)t
  1. A lever-operated mechanism for starting an engine, especially on a motorcycle, by pushing down with the foot
    "He had to use the kick-start to get his old motorcycle running";
    - kick starter, kick start
     
  2. A sudden stimulus or boost to start or revitalize something
    "The housing market needs a kick-start";
    - kick start

Derived forms: kick-starts, kick-started, kick starts, kick-starting

Type of: start, start up, starter, starter motor, starting motor

Part of: bike, motorbike [Brit], motorcycle