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ALL meanings of jump-start

jump-start
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  • noun jump-start Also, jump. Automotive. the starting of an internal-combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery by means of booster cables. 1
  • verb with object jump-start to give a jump-start to: to jump-start an engine. 1
  • verb with object jump-start to enliven or revive: to jump-start a sluggish economy. 1
  • noun jump-start The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle. 0
  • verb jump-start (Transitive Verb) To start a motor vehicle by passing an electrical current from a charged battery to the discharged battery of the vehicle being started, by means of a booster cable connecting the two batteries. 0
  • verb jump-start (Transitive Verb) (figuratively) To reactivate or rejuvenate. 0
  • verb jump-start To jump-start a vehicle which has a flat battery means to make the engine start by getting power from the battery of another vehicle, using special cables called jump leads. 0
  • verb jump-start Jump-start is also a noun. 0
  • verb jump-start To jump-start a system or process that has stopped working or progressing means to do something that will make it start working quickly or effectively. 0
  • noun jump-start the act of jump-starting a car 0
  • noun jump-start to act of jump-starting a system or process 0
  • verb jump-start to start the engine of (a car) by connecting it to another engine with jump leads or (of a car) to start in this way 0
  • noun jump-start the act of starting a car in this way 0
  • verb transitive jump-start to start (the engine of a motor vehicle) by using jumper cables, or by pushing the vehicle and then suddenly releasing the clutch when the vehicle has begun to roll 0
  • verb transitive jump-start to start or start up, energize, revive, etc. 0
  • noun jump-start the act of starting in such a way 0
  • noun jump-start a quick start, recovery, etc. 0
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