0 past participle, past simple of kick-start
1 to make the engine of a motorcycle start by forcefully pushing down a metal bar with your foot
2 to make something start to happen:
Taxes were drastically cut in an attempt to kick-start the economy.
Thus, interstellar panspermia was most probable at that time and may have kick-started life on our planet.
We have announced that it will be kick-started using millennium funds.
All of this has kick-started the wider economic, environmental and social regeneration of the entire area.
Cancer services have been kick-started after decades of neglect and under-investment, and are now moving forward.
Now that the collection process has been kick-started, the price that local authorities can get for waste materials or, if you like, resources, is crucial.
He kick-started it and now they are driving off without him.
It seemed right that that process should be kick-started after the last election.
We shall look at how the public-private partnerships that we announced before the election can be developed and kick-started with the resources that are made available.
