kick start

noun

Meaning

A metal bar on a motorcycle used to start its engine.
An act of starting a motorcycle by quickly depressing the kick start with one's foot.
A fast or strong start; help with starting or beginning well.
An impetus that starts or restarts some process.
To start a motorcycle.
To start or begin strongly or quickly.
To make (something) active, functional, or productive again; to reinvigorate (an activity, system, or process).

Etymology / origin

From kick + start. Compare push-start.

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