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kick-start

  [kik-stahrt]
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–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   (kĭk'stärt')
tr.v.   kick-start·ed, kick-start·ing, kick-starts

  1. To start by using a kick starter: He kick-started the motorcycle and took off.

  2. Informal To start or reinvigorate (an activity, system, or process): kick-start the economy with a large construction project.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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