jump-start
See also: jumpstart
English
Verb
jump-start (third-person singular simple present jump-starts, present participle jump-starting, simple past and past participle jump-started)
- (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
- (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.
Noun
jump-start (plural jump-starts)
See also
Further reading
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