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-starting
verb
as in jump-starting
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- jump-starting
- resurrecting
- rekindling
- revitalizing
- reviving
- resuscitating
- reanimating
- rejuvenating
- restarting
- reactivating
- revivifying
- recharging
- regenerating
- rewaking
- renewing
- rewakening
- reinventing
- refreshing
- refreshening
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- killing
- suppressing
- extinguishing
- quenching
- deformabilities
- deformable
- deformalise
- deformalizations
- deformalize
- deformalized
- deformalizes
- deformalizing
- deformation
- deformation band
- deformational
- deformations
- deformative
- deformed
- deformed bar
- deformednesses
- deformers
- deformeter
- deforming
- deformities
- deformity
- deforms
- defouled
- defouling
- defouls