Definition of "kickstarting" []

• Present participle of kickstart. (verb)

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• "Credit to kickstarting this goes to Frankie Roberto who came away from a conference on mobile learning for the museums and archives sector in January 2009 with a bee in his bonnet:"
• "The so-called "third sector" sees galvanising fundraising by mobile phone as key to kickstarting a new era of giving, and – crucially – appealing to young people."
• "Jane Hahn/Getty Images for The Wall Street Journal An Austrian trade commissioner in Nigeria is credited with kickstarting the trade back in the 1960s, after he noticed Nigerians' fondness for dressing up for weddings and other special occasions."