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
- try one's damnedest
- try one's hand
- try one's hand (at)
- try one's hand at
- try one's hardest
- try one's luck
- try out
- try someone's patience
- try something on for size
- try square
- try-on
- try-pot
- try/use every trick in the book
- tryers
- trygon
- Trygonidae
- trying
- trying (out)
- trying for
- trying on
- trying one's hand
- trying one's hand (at)
- trying one's hand at
- trying out
- tryinglier