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Definition of Kick start

1. Noun. A starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the foot and the weight of the body.

Definition of Kick start

1. Noun. The metal bar on motorcycle that is used to start its engine. ¹

2. Noun. The act of starting a motorcycle by quickly depressing the kick start with one's foot. ¹

3. Noun. A fast or strong start; help with starting or beginning well. ¹

4. Noun. An impetus that starts or restarts some process. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To start a motorcycle ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To start or begin strongly or quickly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Kick start

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"This fact of possession, however, is neutralized by the distance which the ball may be advanced toward the opponents' goal with the first kick. START: ..."

2. Season of Hope: Economic Reform Under Mandela And Mbeki by Alan Hirsch (2005)
"O'Reilly, whose purchase of the Argus newspaper group was supported by Mandela and the ANC, said in July 1994, 'We have got to kick-start this economy, ..."

3. Turning Science Into Business: Patenting and Licensing at Public Research by OECD Staff, Oecd, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (2003)
"Highlights the Federal Ministry of Education and Research's (BMBF) 1995 BioRegio competition as a way to "kick start" German biotechnology. ..."

4. Group-Based Financial Institutions for the Rural Poor in Bangladesh: An by Manfred Zeller, Anna Ferro-Luzzi (2001)
"... it through a package of banking legislation and subsidized capital, would be sufficient to kick-start a viable financial sector in the rural areas. ..."

5. British Columbia by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2004)
"Still, it took the highway coming through in 1958 for things to really kick- start. Today, about 15000 people call Squamish home, but it's growing fast - as ..."

6. What Will They Franchise Next?: The Story of Jim's Group by Jim Penman (2003)
"... talking on the phone to Malcolm one evening and suggested offering terms in an effort to kick start sales. They could do with less money, ..."

7. Ireland by OECD Staff, OECD (2006)
"Remove tax breaks unless they can be shown to be clearly worthwhile Ireland has a rich assortment of tax breaks that were originally designed to kick-start ..."

8. Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical And Creative Thinking In Middle And by Matt Copeland (2005)
"At this moment the teacher must decide either to prompt the group with further questions to kick-start the conversation or postpone the activity and allow ..."

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