"jump-start" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: jump-starts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} jump-start (plural jump-starts)
  1. The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.
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  2. (sports) A false start Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms: jumped start, jumped-start, false start, flier, flyer
    Sense id: en-jump-start-en-noun-xGcPQIjs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 25 27 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 19 32 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 29 25 26 20 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: jumper cable

Verb [English]

Forms: jump-starts [present, singular, third-person], jump-starting [participle, present], jump-started [participle, past], jump-started [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} jump-start (third-person singular simple present jump-starts, present participle jump-starting, simple past and past participle jump-started)
  1. (transitive) 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. Tags: transitive Synonyms: boost Translations (Start a motor vehicle): ponter (French), démarrer par pontage (French)
    Sense id: en-jump-start-en-verb-2XfxrPIr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 25 27 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 19 32 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 29 25 26 20 Disambiguation of 'Start a motor vehicle': 91 9
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To reactivate or rejuvenate. Tags: figuratively, transitive Categories (topical): Automotive Synonyms: boost, reactivate, kick start, jumpstart, jump start
    Sense id: en-jump-start-en-verb-KKIS3sLy Disambiguation of Automotive: 16 22 27 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 25 27 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 19 32 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 29 25 26 20

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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