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jump-start
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As a noun, jump-start means starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car. As a verb, it means start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery.
Meanings of jump-start
3 meaningsnoun
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”
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verb
Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
Similar: jumpstart, jumpStart or re-start vigorously
“The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process”
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Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).