jump-start (redirected from jump-starts)

jump-start (jmpstärt)

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).

n.

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.

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jump-start

vb

(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

n

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

Thesaurus

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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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