kick start

plural kick starts · alternative kickstart · alternative kick-start

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.

   The motorcycle requires a kick start.

3. figurativelyA fast or strong start; help with starting or beginning well.

   As a kick start for the group, let's write up some ideas.

4. An impetus that starts or restarts some process.

present singular third person kick starts · participle present kick starting · participle past kick started · past kick started · alternative kickstart · alternative kick-start

1. transitiveTo start a motorcycle.

   He kick started the motorcycle and took off.

2. figurativelytransitiveTo start or begin strongly or quickly.

   Kick start your day with a hearty breakfast.

   1 more example

   To kick start your learning, let's summarize the basics.

3. figurativelytransitiveTo make (something) active, functional, or productive again; to reinvigorate (an activity, system, or process).

   To kick start the economy with a large construction project.

   1 more example

   The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicted that global consumption of coal power[…] would reach record levels in 2021 driven by a surge in demand for energy to kickstart global economies following the coronavirus pandemic.

   2022 January 17, Jillian Ambrose, “China’s coal production hit record levels in 2021”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: reinvigorate, revitalize, jump-start