kick-start

verb

ˈkik-ˌstärt 

kick-started; kick-starting; kick-starts

transitive verb

1

: to start (something, such as a motorcycle) by means of a kick-starter

2

: jump-start sense 2

kick start noun

Examples of kick-start in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dom Amore: UConn-Quinnipiac hockey rivalry ratchets up with NCAA match UConn and Quinnipiac, at opposite ends of the state, play in the NCAA Tournament, a good place to kick-start a big-time real hockey rivalry. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2025

According to Cassie Zimmerman, marketing accounts manager in the Boise office of The Agency, an international real estate brokerage, rising inventory is kick-starting the season. —Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 25 Mar. 2025

That kick-started a dominant run by the Nittany Lions that continues. —Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025

Some 370 troops from Seoul and Washington are taking part in the drills, which kick-started Monday and began with the launch of reconnaissance drones. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for kick-start

• apart
• depart
• flowchart
• forepart
• impart
• pushcart
• rampart
• redstart
• restart
• subpart
• sweetheart
• upstart