kick-start
verb
kick-started; kick-starting; kick-starts
1
: to start (something, such as a motorcycle) by means of a kick-starter
kick start
noun
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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.
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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
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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
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“Kick-start.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kick-start. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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