"jump-start" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jump-starts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} jump-start (plural jump-starts)
  1. The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.
    Sense id: en-jump-start-en-noun-2FPLZQa9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 30 33 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 30 32 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 27 30 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 32 19 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 30 21 31
  2. (sports) A false start. Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms: jumped start, jumped-start, false start, flier, flyer
    Sense id: en-jump-start-en-noun-Ny404wc5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 30 33 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 30 32 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 27 30 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 32 19 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 30 21 31 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: jumper cable

Verb

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), puentear (Spanish), pasar corriente (Spanish), yumpear [Dominican-Republic] (Spanish), yompear [Latin-America] (Spanish), jumpear [Latin-America] (Spanish), jompear [Dominican-Republic] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-jump-start-en-verb-2XfxrPIr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 30 33 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 30 32 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 27 30 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 32 19 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 30 21 31 Disambiguation of 'Start a motor vehicle': 98 2
  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: 12 22 28 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 30 33 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 24 22 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 30 32 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 27 30 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 32 19 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 30 21 31

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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