kick start
A metal bar on a motorcycle used to start its engineA metal bar on a motorcycle used to start its engine.
» Tom kick-started his motorcycle.
Meaning
4 sensesA metal bar on a motorcycle used to start its engine.
Kickstarter
An act of starting a motorcycle by quickly depressing the kick start with one's foot.
The motorcycle requires a kick start.
a starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the foot and the weight of the body
(figuratively)A fast or strong start; help with starting or beginning well.
As a kick start for the group, let's write up some ideas.
An impetus that starts or restarts some process.
Examples
3 sentencesTom kick-started his motorcycle.
Algeria needs to kick-start its economic recovery.
The UN has recently tried to kick-start talks between Western Sahara and Morocco.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From kick + start. Compare push-start.From kick + start. Compare push-start.
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Forms
plural: kick startsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the foot and the weight of the body:kick starter