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kick-start

[kik-stahrt]
–verb (used with object)
to start by means of a kick starter: to kick-start a motorcycle.
Also, kickstart.


Origin:
1910–15

kick starter

–noun
a starter, as of a motorcycle, that operates by a downward kick on a pedal.
Also called kick start.


Origin:
1915–20
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kick start

noun
a starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the foot and the weight of the body [syn: kick starter
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