kick-start

A form of kick start — A metal bar on a motorcycle used to start its engine.

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Meanings

nounkick-start (plural kick-starts)

plural kick-starts

  1. alternativeAlternative form of kick start.

    Ten million dollars of seed money could provide the necessary kick-start for the initiative.

    2010 September, Clarence Harmon, "Ideas from the Young", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 74
verbkick-start (third-person singular simple present kick-starts, present participle kick-starting, simple past and past participle kick-started)

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

  1. alternativeAlternative form of kick start.

    "Old Oak Common station will not only act as a catalyst for the regeneration of this neglected part of west London, it is already helping to kick-start the UK's economy.

    2020 July 15, Marion Gourlay, “Old Oak Common: no ordinary station”, in Rail, page 48
Cite this entry
APA

kick-start. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kick-start

MLA

“kick-start.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kick-start. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kick-start,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kick-start.

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