to kick-start

Examples

• All

• Andy had called to her in the parking lot at Ships, just before he kick-started his motorcycle.

  Fiction book (1993)

• In the early morning, she kick-started her motorcycle with a firm push of her foot.

• He quickly kick-started the engine and drove off into the sunrise.

• The mechanic showed him how to kick-start the bike at the repair shop.

Synonyms

C

to crank

vsto kick-start

61 4.5

To turn a handle to make a machine work

focuses on starting by pushing a foot lever rather than hand cranking

C

to crank up

vsto kick-start

2 4.4

To start a machine by turning a handle

starts engines by pushing a foot lever rather than by hand turning

K

to kickstart

vsto kick-start

1 4.5

To start a motorcycle engine by pushing a foot lever

is the same foot lever method described for starting a motorcycle engine

C

to crank the handle

vsto kick-start

1 3.7

Turn a handle by hand to make a machine start or work

uses foot pressure on a lever instead of turning a handle by hand

Antonyms

S

to stall

166 4.3

To delay doing something on purpose to get more time

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology