kick-startverb [ T ]
uk/ˈkɪk.stɑːt/us/ˈkɪk.stɑːrt/kick-start verb [ T ] (MOTORCYCLE)
to make the engine of a motorcycle start by forcefully pushing down a metal bar with your foot
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Motorbikes
- Beemer
- bike
- biker
- cc
- chopper
- handlebars
- Harley-Davidson
- Hell's Angels
- machine
- mobility scooter
- moped
- motor scooter
- motorbike
- motorcycle
- pillion
- Segway
- sidecar
- snowmobile
- two-wheeler
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kick-start verb [ T ] (HELP)
to make something start to happen:
Taxes were drastically cut in an attempt to kick-start the economy.
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Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush of idiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- break into sth
- export
- get down to business idiom
- ground
- incipient
- initiator
- instate
- introduce
- kick
- strike
- swing into action idiom
- touch sth off
- train
- trigger
- wade in
- weave
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kick-startnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɪk.stɑːt/us/ˈkɪk.stɑːrt/a metal bar that you push down forcefully with your foot to make the engine of a motorcycle start
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Motorbikes
- Beemer
- bike
- biker
- cc
- chopper
- handlebars
- Harley-Davidson
- Hell's Angels
- machine
- mobility scooter
- moped
- motor scooter
- motorbike
- motorcycle
- pillion
- Segway
- sidecar
- snowmobile
- two-wheeler
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