jump-start

See also: jumpstart and jump start

English

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To start a motor vehicle by passing an electrical current from a charged battery to the discharged ("dead" or "flat") battery of the vehicle being started, by using booster cables to temporarily connect the two batteries in parallel.
    Synonym: boost
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To reactivate or rejuvenate.
    Synonyms: boost, reactivate, kick start
    Giving a really good speech at the convention could jump-start her political career.
    • 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 262:
      ‘That debt means we can’t access credit to jump-start the economy as needed.’

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Noun

jump-start (plural jump-starts)

  1. The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.
    I left my headlights on all night. Could you give me a jump-start?
  2. (sports) A false start
    Synonyms: jumped start, jumped-start, false start, flier, flyer

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