kick-starter

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kick-starter

noun kick-starters

Synonym of kick start (“bar used to start a motorcycle engine”).
Similar: kick start
Something that kick starts. This book serves as a kick-starter for those who care deeply about tackling poverty but don’t know where to start.

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@misc{kick_starter_2026,
  title = {kick-starter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kick-starter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}