kick start
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kick start
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From kick + start. Compare push-start.
noun kick starts · kickstart · kick-start
- A metal bar on a motorcycle used to start its engine.
- An act of starting a motorcycle by quickly depressing the kick start with one's foot. The motorcycle requires a kick start.
- A fast or strong start; help with starting or beginning well. As a kick start for the group, let's write up some ideas.
- An impetus that starts or restarts some process.
verb kick starts · kick starting · kick started · kickstart · kick-start
- To start a motorcycle. He kick started the motorcycle and took off.
- To start or begin strongly or quickly. To kick start your learning, let's summarize the basics.
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To make (something) active, functional, or productive again; to reinvigorate (an activity, system, or process).
To kick start the economy with a large construction project.
Similar: reinvigorate, revitalize, jump-start
Translations
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noun metal bar on motorcycle
| Español | pedal de arranque |
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| 中文 | 踩發桿 /踩发杆 |
| Português | pedal de arranque, pedal de partida |
| Français | démarreur au pied, pédale de mise en marche |
| Deutsch | Kickstarter |
| Italiano | impianto di avviamento |
noun act of starting a motorcycle
| Français | démarrage au kick |
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noun fast or strong start
| Français | début en beauté, démarrage du bon pied |
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noun impetus that starts a process
| Français | coup de fouet, relance |
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verb to start a motorcycle
| Français | démarrer au kick |
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verb to start or begin strongly
| Français | démarrer en beauté (la journée), démarrer du bon pied (la journée), bien commencer (la journée), commencer en beauté |
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verb to make (something) active, functional, or productive again; to reinvigorate (an activity, system, or process).
| Français | relancer |
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