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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Having switched labels, from Sony to the more controlling Ariola/BMG, Soda considered kick-starting their new record deal with a double album.
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Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
The deadline for nominations was on June 17, with the election to take place on July 17 to kick-start the International Cricket Council’s Annual General Meeting in Singapore.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Here are 11 observations to kick-start your summer vacation.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
These photons provide bursts of energy, which the catalyst stores and then uses to kick-start reactions.
—Amreen Bains, The Conversation, 19 June 2025
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Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
The deadline for nominations was on June 17, with the election to take place on July 17 to kick-start the International Cricket Council’s Annual General Meeting in Singapore.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Here are 11 observations to kick-start your summer vacation.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
These photons provide bursts of energy, which the catalyst stores and then uses to kick-start reactions.
—Amreen Bains, The Conversation, 19 June 2025
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“Kick-start.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kick-start. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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