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Jump-start

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Noun

1. jump-start, jumpstart

starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car

Example Sentences:
'my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor'

Verb

2. jump, jump-start, jumpstart

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

3. jump-start, jumpstart

start or re-start vigorously

Example Sentences:
'The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Jump-start

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noun
1. automobiles
the act of jump-starting a car
I drove out to give him a jump start because his battery was dead.
2. 
to act of jump-starting a system or process
attempts to give the industry a jump-start
verb
1. 
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
noun
2. 
the act of starting a car in this way

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Jump-start

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verb transitive
1. 
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
2.  Informal
to start or start up, energize, revive, etc.
a plan to jump-start the economy
noun
3. 
the act of starting in such a way
4.  Informal
a quick start, recovery, etc.

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Jump-start

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tr.v. jump-start·ed, jump-start·ing, jump-starts
1. To start (the engine of a motor vehicle) by using a jumper cable connected to the battery of another vehicle or by engaging the drivetrain while the vehicle is rolling downhill or being pushed.
2. Informal To start or reinvigorate (an activity, system, or process): "struggled to jump-start his once front-running ... presidential campaign" (Susan Feeney).
n.
1. The act, process, or an instance of starting a motor vehicle by using a booster cable or suddenly releasing the clutch while the vehicle is being pushed.
2. Informal The act or an instance of starting or setting in motion a stalled or sluggish system or process.

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