KICK-START

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Start (a motorcycle) by means of a kick starter

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "kick-start" is one way to...):

start; start up (get going or set in motion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

kick start; kick starter (a starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the foot and the weight of the body)