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kickstart

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for kickstart.

Editorial note

These cities now have critical mass to kickstart new product companies.

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Quick take

Alternative spelling of kick start. [(transitive) To start a motorcycle.]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of kickstart gathered in one view.

verb

Alternative spelling of kick start. [(transitive) To start a motorcycle.]

noun

Alternative spelling of kick start. [A metal bar on a motorcycle used to start its engine.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for kickstart.

verb

Alternative spelling of kick start. [(transitive) To start a motorcycle.]

noun

Alternative spelling of kick start. [A metal bar on a motorcycle used to start its engine.]

Example sentences

1

These cities now have critical mass to kickstart new product companies.

2

Plenty of Amiga 500 games won't boot on Kickstart 3.

3

They may be illogical, but they kickstart the thinking process.

4

So, who's going to kickstart Kiva for your attic/crawlspace?

5

Perhaps we could do a kickstart on behalf of this cause.

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I'm mainly a node.js developer nowadays and I'm using some frameworks to kickstart APIs for my clients - and then I jump in and add features.

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No, he's intentionally lowing the currency value in an attempt to kickstart a new manufacturing investment wave that would normally come back to Canada given the oil prices collapse [2].

8

When are we expected to kickstart our work?

9

Sounds like Bushnell has made a lot of mistakes in his time and his latest startup and the way it is being run is another example of a man who clearly has lost touch with the industry he help kickstart back in the 70's.

10

If the state changes its name and all of its banks go under (perhaps bar one for a kickstart), it might be enough to hammer in to the minds of the rest of the Eurozone that yes, an economically failed state is not the same as its successor.

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Going from using maybe kickstart files to API calls is not as big of a deal as the fact that you can even get something on demand in any way instead of going, finding another job, quitting that job, coming back in shame, and realizing that the server you asked for is finally up.

12

With Gitxiv, two minutes after following the link and reading the blurt, I have access to a continuous stream of projects organized in categories, to which I can post comments - in essence, it's a blog focused on CS news, which also can be used to kickstart collaboration.

Quote examples

1

For people on Windows machines, a group called "the Company" builds self-contained emulator+kickstart+games.

2

Incidentally "kickstart a project" is perfectly acceptable - you can't trademark common language, or rather you can sometimes but still not prevent others from using that language.

3

"kickstart" is already common language, "Kickstarter" isn't however: "I'm looking to kickstart this project" doesn't use the RTM.

4

If Kickstarter didn't immediately threaten to sue, eg, Indigogo asking people to "come kickstart a project on Indiegogo" then they would be on a short path to losing their trademark by virtue of, yes, their failure to police their trademark.

Proper noun examples

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I forgave the early, buggy floppy-based firmware (Kickstart) and OS (Workbench).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use kickstart in a sentence?

These cities now have critical mass to kickstart new product companies.

What does kickstart mean?

Alternative spelling of kick start. [(transitive) To start a motorcycle.]

What part of speech is kickstart?

kickstart is commonly used as verb, noun.