0 to make the engine of a motorcycle start by forcefully pushing down a metal bar with your foot --
1 to make something start to happen or start to develop more quickly: --
2 a metal bar that you push down forcefully with your foot to make the engine of a motorcycle start --
3 to make something start to happen, happen more quickly, or improve: --
A substantial pay rise for every nurse would kick-start recruitment and encourage others to stay.
Taxes were drastically cut in an attempt to kick-start the economy.
Devolution supporters can now combine to campaign for a "yes" vote, and to kick-start a vital constitutional reform.
Will he visit us and give the scheme a kick-start?
Sometimes, it is necessary for projects to pump-prime and kick-start things, to get innovation going and to set up pilots.
We shall never be able to kick-start it; we need a battery by which to get it going.
Most importantly, now we can bring in private financing to give the extra impetus and kick-start needed.
If we want to kick-start the global economy after the crisis of the last 12 months, international trade plays an extremely important role.
We need to kick-start growth but, in doing so, we need to have stability in public finances.
This is a budget that will help to fight unemployment and kick-start the economy.
