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kick-start definition

kick·-start (kik′stärt′)

transitive verb

  1. to start (a motor, motorcycle, etc.) by means of a lever attached to a pedal that one pushes sharply downward with the foot
  2. Informal to start, energize, revive, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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