(idiomatic) An advantage consisting in starting a competition or task earlier than might be expected; given (or taken), for example, prior to the beginning of a race.

(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.

Alternative spelling of kick start

Alternative spelling of kick start

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

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

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kick start

plural of kick start

(mathematics, in two dimensions) Describing a multiple spiral that starts at the origin and divides the plane into multiple regions

(mathematics, in two dimensions) Describing a simple spiral that starts at a point at the origin and does not divide the plane / (mathematics, in three dimensions) Describing a section of a simple helix