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kickstart

kickstart is the alternative form of kick start.

Meaning of kick start

Noun

kick start (plural kick starts)

  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.
    • The motorcycle requires a kick start.
  3. (figuratively) A fast or strong start; help with starting or beginning well.
    • As a kick start for the group, let's write up some ideas.
  4. An impetus that starts or restarts some process.

See all 7 meanings of kick start

Forms of kickstart

Noun
pluralkickstarts
Verb
third-person singular presentkickstarts
present participlekickstarting
past participlekickstarted
pastkickstarted

Questions about kickstart

What is kickstart the alternative form of?
Kickstart is the alternative form of kick start.

Words near kickstart in the dictionary

  1. kicksleds
  2. kicksorter
  3. kicksorters
  4. kickstand
  5. kickstands
  6. kickstart
  7. kickstarted
  8. kickstarter
  9. kickstarters
  10. kickstarting
  11. kickstarts

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