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-starts
verb
as in jump-starts
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- jump-starts
- resurrects
- rekindles
- revives
- revitalizes
- rejuvenates
- reactivates
- resuscitates
- reanimates
- restarts
- recharges
- revivifies
- renews
- regenerates
- rewakes
- reinvents
- rewakens
- refreshes
- refreshens
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- suppresses
- kills
- extinguishes
- quenches
- crowing ground
- crowing territory
- crowkeeper
- crowkeepers
- crowl
- crown
- Crown Agent
- crown aloes
- crown and anchor
- crown antler
- crown bird
- crown block
- crown bud
- crown canker
- crown canopy
- crown cap
- crown class
- crown colony
- crown cork
- crown court
- crown daisy
- crown dancers
- crown debt
- crown density
- crown fire