Ten million dollars of seed money could provide the necessary kick-start for the initiative.
Use battery cables to start a car, jump start. "The battery was dead so we got a tow truck to kick start our car."
{f} make something commence, help something start to happen; make the engine of a motorcycle start by pushing it downward; start by using a kick starter
If you kick-start a motorcycle, you press the lever that starts it with your foot. He lifted the bike off its stand and kick-started it
To kick-start a process that has stopped working or progressing is to take a course of action that will quickly start it going again. The President has chosen to kick-start the economy by slashing interest rates. Kick-start is also a noun. The housing market needs a kick-start