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Meaning of jump-start

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

jump-start

noun

Definitions

  1. The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.

    Example: I left my headlights on all night. Could you give me a jump-start?

verb

Definitions

  1. 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.

    Synonyms:boost

  2. To reactivate or rejuvenate.

    Example: Giving a really good speech at the convention could jump-start her political career.

    Synonyms:boostkick startreactivate
Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jump-start

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