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kick start

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. kick starter, kick startverb

    a starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the foot and the weight of the body

  2. kick-startverb

    start (a motorcycle) by means of a kick starter

Wiktionary

  1. kick startnoun

    The metal bar on motorcycle that is used to start its engine.

  2. kick startnoun

    The act of starting a motorcycle by quickly depressing the kick start with one's foot.

  3. kick startnoun

    A fast or strong start; help with starting or beginning well.

  4. kick startnoun

    An impetus that starts or restarts some process.

  5. kick startverb

    To start a motorcycle

  6. kick startverb

    To start or begin strongly or quickly.

  7. Etymology: From kick + start.

ChatGPT

  1. kick start

    A kick start refers to the act of initiating something or restarting something with a burst of energy or activity, usually to accelerate growth, progress, or improvement. It typically implies a significant boost or impetus to start or restart a process that seems difficult or slow in beginning. This term is often used in context of businesses, projects, ideas, economy, or anything that requires a stimulating action or energy boost. It originally referred to starting a motorcycle by pushing down a metal bar with your foot.

Wikidata

  1. Kick start

    Kick start refers to a method of starting an internal combustion engine by pushing a ratcheting lever with one's foot. Kick start mechanisms were almost universally a part of motorcycle engines before the mid-1970s, and were phased out of production over the next twenty years or so as electric starters became standard equipment. There are still some motorcycles produced that have both a kick and electric starters. Many mopeds and scooters also carry both a kick start and an electric start, the former being useful in case the latter fails, as scooter and moped batteries tend to be smaller and, as a result, run down much faster than other forms of automotive batteries. Also, it is usually not possible to push start a moped or scooter with automatic transmission. Larger motorcycles featured a manual compression release mechanism that made starting easier while modern units did this automatically through a cable attached to the kick start lever. Today, dedicated off-road motorcycles and many ATVs use kick start systems due to the increased weight of electric starters. The majority of the inexpensive two-wheelers and sometimes three-wheelers in developing countries also use kick start levers.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of kick start in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of kick start in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of kick start in a Sentence

  1. Jan Jenisch:

    We said we wanted to have a fourth leg for our company - building solutions and products - for this we need a bigger acquisition, we needed a platform which had technologies and an innovative product range to kick start this fourth segment and this is exactly what this Firestone business is offering to us.

  2. Alem Kibreab:

    Mining in most countries is used to kick-start the economy.

  3. Jennifer Morgan:

    INDCs have been put on the table, but the linkages between funding them and getting implementation going is still in the early stages. This is trying to kick-start that.

  4. Bosnian Serbs:

    We expect, regardless of a veto expected to be filed by Bosniaks, to complete the procedure by end of August and kick-start preparations for the referendum on Sept. 25, the decision will be enforced as a binding law.

  5. Anthony Davis:

    That Sac game lingered with us for a couple of days, giving that game away, i think we did a good job defensively tonight, getting this kick-start to a winning streak.


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