jump-start

plural jump-starts · alternative jumpstart · alternative jump start

1. The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.

   I left my headlights on all night. Could you give me a jump-start?

2. hobbiesA false start.

   Synonyms: jumped-start, false start, flier, flyer

present singular third person jump-starts · participle present jump-starting · participle past jump-started · past jump-started · alternative jumpstart · alternative jump start

1. transitiveTo start a motor vehicle with a discharged ("dead") battery by connecting it with jumper cables to an alternate source of electrical current, generally either the charged battery of another vehicle or a purpose-made device ("hotshot").

   Synonyms: boost

2. figurativelytransitiveTo reactivate or rejuvenate.

   Giving a really good speech at the convention could jump-start her political career.

   1 more example

   ‘That debt means we can’t access credit to jump-start the economy as needed.’

   2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 262

   Synonyms: boost, reactivate, kick start