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jump-start definition

☆ jump·-start (jump′stärt′)

transitive verb

  1. to start (the engine of a motor vehicle) by using jumper cables, or by pushing the vehicle and then suddenly releasing the clutch when the vehicle has begun to roll
  2. Informal to start or start up, energize, revive, etc. a plan to jump-start the economy

noun

  1. the act of starting in such a way
  2. Informal a quick start, recovery, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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