kick start
English
noun
Definitions
- A metal bar on a motorcycle used to start its engine.
- An act of starting a motorcycle by quickly depressing the kick start with one's foot.
- (figuratively) A fast or strong start; help with starting or beginning well.
- An impetus that starts or restarts some process.
Etymology
Compound from English kick (eject from an internet forum) + English start.
Origin
English
start
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antikick English
- astart English
- autokick English
- autostart English
- blackstart English
- box kick English
- cross-kick English
- crosskick English
- deadstart English
- dropkick English
- forestart English
- kick English
- kick-step English
- kickability English
- kickable English
- kickabout English
- kickaround English
- kickathon English
- kickback English
- kickball English
- kickban English
- kickboard English
- kickbox English
- kickdown English
- kickdrum English
- kickee English
- kicker English
- kickest English
- kicketh English
- kickflip English
- kickless English
- kickline English
- kickover English
- kickplate English
- kickscooter English
- kicksled English
- kicksorter English
- kickstand English
- kickstool English
- kicktail English
- kickwriting English
- kicky English
- miskick English
- misstart English
- multi-start English
- outkick English
- outstart English
- placekick English
- prestart English
- quickstart English
- redstart English
- rekick English
- restart English
- sidekick English
- start English
- startable English
- startbox English
- starter English
- startest English
- starteth English
- startful English
- startish English
- startle English
- startline English
- startness English
- startscum English
- startword English
- superkick English
- tostart English
- unstart English
- upstart English
- whitestart English
- startata Finnish
- startti Finnish
- Kick German
- starten German
- kick Dutch, Flemish
- kicken Dutch, Flemish
- start Dutch, Flemish
- старт Russian
- start Norwegian Bokmål
- starte Norwegian Bokmål
- kicka Swedish
- start Swedish
- kickboxing Japanese
- スタート Japanese
- start Polish
- start Norwegian Nynorsk
- starta Norwegian Nynorsk
- kiken Middle English
- stert Middle English
- cic Irish
- kikna Old Norse
- start Danish
- starte Danish
- start Czech
- cic Welsh
- cicio Welsh
- start Turkish
- stèrter Norman
- štart Slovak
- start Crimean Tatar
- kick
- kicky
- start
- kicker
- rekick
- astart
- kickee
- kicketh
- miskick
- startle
- kickban
- tostart
- unstart
- kickest
- kickbox
- starter
- restart
- upstart
- outkick
- autokick
- kickback
- starteth
- prestart
- dropkick
- kickdrum
- kickflip
- sidekick
- startish
- antikick
- redstart
- startbox
- kickless
- kickable
- kickball
- kicksled
- kickline
- kickover
- startest
- kicktail
- box kick
- misstart
- startful
- kickdown
- outstart
- kickabout
- kickboard
- superkick
- startable
- kick-step
- placekick
- kickathon
- startscum
- kickstand
- startline
- deadstart
- kickplate
- startness
- crosskick
- kickstool
- autostart
- startword
- forestart
- cross-kick
- blackstart
- whitestart
- kickaround
- quickstart
- kicksorter
- multi-start
- kickscooter
- kickability
- kickwriting