jump-start
/JH AH1 M P S T AA0 R T/noun
- 1
The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.
โI left my headlights on all night. Could you give me a jump-start?โ
verb
- 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.
syn:boost - 2
To reactivate or rejuvenate.
โGiving a really good speech at the convention could jump-start her political career.โ
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