jump-start in English dictionary

  • jump-start

    Meanings and definitions of "jump-start"

    • (transitive) 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.
    • (transitive, figuratively) To reactivate or rejuvenate.
    • The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.
    • noun
      The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      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.
    • verb
      (transitive, figuratively)
      To reactivate or rejuvenate.
    • noun
      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"
    • verb
      start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
    • verb
      start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"

    Synonyms of "jump-start" in English dictionary

    commence, lead off, jumpstart are the top synonyms of "jump-start" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of jump-start

    • jump-start ( plural  jump-starts)
    • to jump-start ( third-person singular simple present jump-starts, present participle jump-starting, simple past and past participle jump-started)
    • jump-start (plural jump-starts)
    • to jump-start (third-person singular simple present jump-starts, present participle jump-starting, simple past and past participle jump-started)

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