Associations to the word «Jump-start»
Wiktionary
JUMP-START, 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.
JUMP-START, verb. (transitive) (figuratively) To reactivate or rejuvenate.
JUMP-START, noun. The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.
Dictionary definition
JUMP-START, 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".
JUMP-START, verb. Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery.
JUMP-START, verb. Start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process".
Wise words
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