kick-start
verb
kick-started; kick-starting; kick-starts
1
: to start (something, such as a motorcycle) by means of a kick-starter
kick start
noun
Examples of kick-start in a Sentence
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More:Once stuck in places like Myanmar and Laos, refugee children kick-start education at MPS' Newcomer Center
Celebrating students' own cultures
Late in the morning, students folded down their poster boards and took seats to watch dance, choir and drumming performances, as well as a fashion show.
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Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024
The total solar eclipse in Aries that occurred on April 8th has begun to bring out the high-flier in you, kick-starting new initiatives and raising your ambitions.
—Debbie Frank, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
Later in the evening, Vera Wang, Elsesser, and FSF Board President John Tighe invited Meyer to the stage to accept the accolade, which will also come with a $25,000 prize to help kick-start her career.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
However, an administration official said the meeting wasn’t supposed to be a presentation of Israel’s detailed plans, but rather a way to kick-start a series of discussions about how Israel might proceed in the war against Hamas.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
To kick-start puberty and calm the haters, Ritchson threw himself into the gym.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
Turns out, even just a little bit of exercise can indeed help break up that bloated feeling: A post-meal stroll kick-starts digestion.
—Lizzy Briskin, SELF, 29 Mar. 2024
In 2016, the Bank of Japan took the unorthodox step of bringing borrowing costs below zero, a bid to kick-start borrowing and lending and spur the country’s stagnating economy.
—Joe Rennison, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
The most common puberty blockers, gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs, inhibit the hormone that kick-starts puberty in both sexes.
—Alexa Lee, STAT, 7 Mar. 2024
Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024
The total solar eclipse in Aries that occurred on April 8th has begun to bring out the high-flier in you, kick-starting new initiatives and raising your ambitions.
—Debbie Frank, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
Later in the evening, Vera Wang, Elsesser, and FSF Board President John Tighe invited Meyer to the stage to accept the accolade, which will also come with a $25,000 prize to help kick-start her career.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
However, an administration official said the meeting wasn’t supposed to be a presentation of Israel’s detailed plans, but rather a way to kick-start a series of discussions about how Israel might proceed in the war against Hamas.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
To kick-start puberty and calm the haters, Ritchson threw himself into the gym.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
Turns out, even just a little bit of exercise can indeed help break up that bloated feeling: A post-meal stroll kick-starts digestion.
—Lizzy Briskin, SELF, 29 Mar. 2024
In 2016, the Bank of Japan took the unorthodox step of bringing borrowing costs below zero, a bid to kick-start borrowing and lending and spur the country’s stagnating economy.
—Joe Rennison, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
The most common puberty blockers, gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs, inhibit the hormone that kick-starts puberty in both sexes.
—Alexa Lee, STAT, 7 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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