kick-start

See also: kickstart and kick start

English

Noun

kick-start (plural kick-starts)

1. Alternative spelling of kick start
   • 2010 September, Clarence Harmon, "Ideas from the Young", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 74:

     Ten million dollars of seed money could provide the necessary kick-start for the initiative.

Verb

kick-start (third-person singular simple present kick-starts, present participle kick-starting, simple past and past participle kick-started)

1. Alternative spelling of kick start
   • 2020 July 15, Marion Gourlay, “Old Oak Common: no ordinary station”, in Rail, page 48:

     "Old Oak Common station will not only act as a catalyst for the regeneration of this neglected part of west London, it is already helping to kick-start the UK's economy.