kick-start

1. 1.

   start (a motorcycle) by means of a kick starter

   Broaderstart

Questions about kick-start

What does kick-start mean?

kick-start means "start (a motorcycle) by means of a kick starter".

How many syllables are in kick-start?

kick-start has 2 syllables and divides as kick--start under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is kick-start a common word?

kick-start is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.