"kick-starter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kick-starters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kick-starter (plural kick-starters)
  1. Synonym of kick start (“bar used to start a motorcycle engine”) Synonyms: kick start [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-kick-starter-en-noun-Uuox7-To Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30
  2. Something that kick starts.
    Sense id: en-kick-starter-en-noun-xVcmDgBK

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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