Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kick-started

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables
kick--s-tart-ed
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does kick-started mean?
simple past and past participle of kick-start

How to pronounce kick-started

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