Definition of "kick-started" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of kick-start. (verb)

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• "Popular movements in France, Sweden and elsewhere have kick-started over similar measures."
• "Friday's skid erases a week of strength for financials, kick-started last week by Warren Buffett 's $5 billion investment in Bank of America."
• "It's been a long road: Two years ago, the Anixter Family Foundation kick-started our campaign with a $50,000 gift to replace the school's outdated science curriculum."