jump-start meaning

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jump-start (verb): start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery.

jump-start has 3 meanings in this dictionary, as verb and noun.

jump-start as a verb

  1. start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

    Synonyms: jumpstart, jump

    Type of: start

  2. start or re-start vigorously
    • The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process

    Synonyms: jumpstart

    Type of: begin

jump-start as a noun

  1. starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car
    • my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor

    Synonyms: jumpstart

    Type of: action

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