NOUN | act | jumpstart, jump-start | starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car |
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VERB | motion | jumpstart, jump-start, jump | start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery |
change | jumpstart, jump-start | start or re-start vigorously |
Sounds | jhah'mpstaa.rt | |
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Rhymes | apart ... upstart: 37 rhymes with aart... |
Meaning | starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car. | |
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Example | "my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor" | |
Synonym | jump-start | |
Broader | action | Something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
Meaning | start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | These cars won't jumpstart | |
Synonyms | jump-start, jump | |
Broader | start, start up | get going or set in motion |
Spanish | saltar |
Meaning | start or re-start vigorously. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process" | |
Synonym | jump-start | |
Broader | begin, lead off, start, commence | set in motion, cause to start |
Spanish | acelerar, arrancar |
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