"kickstart" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kickstarts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kickstart (plural kickstarts)
  1. Alternative spelling of kick start Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: kick start
    Sense id: en-kickstart-en-noun-mfYjiNKo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Verb

Forms: kickstarts [present, singular, third-person], kickstarting [participle, present], kickstarted [participle, past], kickstarted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} kickstart (third-person singular simple present kickstarts, present participle kickstarting, simple past and past participle kickstarted)
  1. Alternative spelling of kick start Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: kick start
    Sense id: en-kickstart-en-verb-mfYjiNKo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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