kick-start
verb
ˈkik-ˌstärt 
kick-started; kick-starting; kick-starts
transitive verb
1
: to start (something, such as a motorcycle) by means of a kick-starter
2
: jump-start sense 2
kick start noun
Word History
First Known Use
1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1
kick-started
verb
as in jump-started
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- jump-started
- rekindled
- resurrected
- revived
- revitalized
- rejuvenated
- resuscitated
- revivified
- reactivated
- restarted
- recharged
- reanimated
- renewed
- rewakened
- regenerated
- rewoke
- rewaked
- reinvented
- refreshed
- refreshened
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- suppressed
- killed
- extinguished
- quenched