Jump start

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tr.v. jump-start·ed, jump-start·ing, jump-starts

1. To start (the engine of a motor vehicle) by using a booster cable connected to the battery of another vehicle or by engaging the drive train while the vehicle is rolling downhill or being pushed.

2. Informal To start or reinvigorate (an activity, system, or process): "struggled to jump-start his once front-running . . . presidential campaign" (Susan Feeney).

1. The act, process, or an instance of starting a motor vehicle by using a booster cable or suddenly releasing the clutch while the vehicle is being pushed.

2. Informal The act or an instance of starting or setting in motion a stalled or sluggish system or process.

jump-start

(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) to start the engine of (a car) by pushing or rolling it and then engaging the gears or (of a car) to start in this way

(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) the act of starting a car in this way Also (Brit) bump-start

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Noun	1.	jump-start - 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" jumpstart action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
Verb	1.	jump-start - start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery jumpstart, jump start up, start - get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer"
	2.	jump-start - start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process" jumpstart commence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

Translations

jump-start [ˈdʒʌmpstɑːt]

A. N (Aut) (pushing) → arranque m en frío(empujando el automóvil); (using jump leads) → arranque m con puente
he gave me a jump-start (pushing) → me ayudó a arrancar el coche empujándolo; (using jump leads) → me ayudó a arrancar el coche haciendo un puente

B. VT [+ car] (by pushing) → arrancar empujando; (using jump leads) → arrancar haciendo un puente

jump-start [ˈdʒʌmpˌstɑːt]

1. n to give the car a jump-start → dare una spinta alla macchina per farla partire; (with jump leads) → mettere in moto una macchina usando i cavi per la batteria

2. vt to jump-start the car → far partire la macchina spingendola
to jump-start the economy → dare una spinta all'economia

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action Begin commence difficulty flounder idling jump jumper jumping jumpstart lead off start start up	s manual Everyone that owns a car should know how to change a tire, change the oil and should know how to jump start the battery in their car in case the car stalls while on the road Owning a car involves more than just making sure the fuel tank is full, that there is windshield wiper fluid in the car and that the tire pressure is not below the stated number in the owner? Jump Starting a Car by Brenda Williams / Automotive community The president also said his administration had taken "far reaching action" to jump start growth and job creation with a tax cut for 95 percent of American workers under his 787 billion dollar economic stimulus plan. Obama raps corporations on tax loopholes by AFP / AFP American Edition The president also said his administration had taken "far reaching action" to jump start growth and job creation with a tax cut for 95 percent of American workers under his 787 billion dollar economic stimulus plan. Obama raps corporations on tax loopholes by AFP / AFP Global Edition	Jument jumentous Jumna jump jump about or around jump at jump ball jump bid jump cut jump down jump for joy jump in jump jet jump jockey Jump joint jump leads jump off jump on jump out jump rope jump seat jump shooter jump shot Jump spark jump speed Jump start jump suit jump up jump-off jump-start jump-up jumped-up jumper jumper cable jumper cables jumper lead Jumpered jumpiness jumping jumping bean jumping bristletail Jumping deer Jumping disease jumping gene Jumping hare jumping jack Jumping louse jumping mouse Jumping mullet jumping orchid jumping plant louse	jump out of the frying pan into the fire jump over jump over the broomstick jump page jump phenomenon jump position Jump Register Jump Relative on Non Carry jump resonance Jump Rhythm Jazz Project jump rope jump rope Jump Rope Videos Jump Roper's Nipple Jump Roper's Nipple jump ropes jump ropes jump seat jump seats jump ship jump shooter jump shot jump shots jump sign Jump spark jump speed Jump Squad Jump start Jump Start Program jump stick jump suit Jump Super Stars jump tactical operations center jump the gun jump the gun jump the gun jump the gun jump the gun jump the queue jump the queue jump the queue jump the queue jump the queue jump the rails jump the rails jump the rails jump the rails Jump the Shark jump the track jump the track jump the track jump the track jump the track jump through a hoop jump through hoops jump through hoops jump through hoops jump through hoops

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s manual Everyone that owns a car should know how to change a tire, change the oil and should know how to jump start the battery in their car in case the car stalls while on the road Owning a car involves more than just making sure the fuel tank is full, that there is windshield wiper fluid in the car and that the tire pressure is not below the stated number in the owner?

Jump Starting a Car by Brenda Williams / Automotive community

The president also said his administration had taken "far reaching action" to jump start growth and job creation with a tax cut for 95 percent of American workers under his 787 billion dollar economic stimulus plan.

Obama raps corporations on tax loopholes by AFP / AFP American Edition

Obama raps corporations on tax loopholes by AFP / AFP Global Edition

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