English Explanatory Dictionary

kick start

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A metal bar on a motorcycle used to start its engine.
  2. An act of starting a motorcycle by quickly depressing the kick start with one's foot.
  3. A fast or strong start; help with starting or beginning well.
  4. An impetus that starts or restarts some process.
verb
  1. To start a motorcycle.
  2. To start or begin strongly or quickly.
  3. To make (something) active, functional, or productive again; to reinvigorate (an activity, system, or process).

Word forms

kick start kick starts kickstart kick-start kick starting kick started

Etymology

From kick + start. Compare push-start.

Synonyms

reinvigorate revitalize jump-start

Related words

head start jump start kick off
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