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kick-start

noun

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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