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jump-start
I
noun
starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car
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my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor

• Syn: ↑jumpstart
• Hypernyms: ↑action
II
verb
1. start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
• Syn: ↑jumpstart, ↑jump
• Hypernyms: ↑start, ↑start up
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. start or re-start vigorously
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The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process

• Syn: ↑jumpstart
• Hypernyms: ↑begin, ↑lead off, ↑start, ↑commence
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something


Useful english dictionary. 2012.