kick-start

POS

Verb (usu participle)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb kick-start has 1 sense

kick-start(v = verb.motion) Array - start (a motorcycle) by means of a kick starter; Array

is one way to

start

start up

Derived forms noun kick start₁, noun kick starter₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

kick-start, n. & v.
--n. (also kick-starter) a device to start the engine of a motor cycle etc. by the downward thrust of a pedal.
--v.tr. start (a motor cycle etc.) in this way.

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