(sports) The act of an athlete starting a race before being signaled to do so. / (American football) The act of an offensive player moving across the line of scrimmage prior to the snap.

In the United States, a government-funded preschool program for impoverished children.

Alternative spelling of kick start

Alternative spelling of kick start

Alternative form of jump-start

(transitive) To start a motor vehicle by passing an electrical current from a charged battery to the discharged ("dead" or "flat") battery of the vehicle being started, by using booster cables to temporarily connect the two batteries in parallel.

The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle. / (sports) A false start

(idiomatic) Activity which is intermittent, variable in intensity, and prolonged by interruptions.

plural of kick start

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kick start