also kickstart
( kick-starts, kick-starting, kick-started)
1.
To kick-start a process that has stopped working or progressing is to take a course of action that will quickly start it going again.
The President has chosen to kick-start the economy by slashing interest rates.
VERB : V n
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Kick-start is also a noun.
The housing market needs a kick-start.
N-COUNT
2.
If you kick-start a motorcycle, you press the lever that starts it with your foot.
He lifted the bike off its stand and kick-started it.
VERB : V n