kick start

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Synonyms: kickstart, kick-start, kick starts

Antonyms: kickstart, kick-start, kick starts

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Noun

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. {{lb|en|figuratively}} A fast or strong start; help with starting or beginning well.
4. An [[impetus]] that starts or [[restart]]s some [[process]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To start a [[motorcycle]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To [[start]] or begin strongly or quickly.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To make (something) active, functional, or productive again; to [[reinvigorate]] (an activity, system, or process).

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