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: ↑jump-start
• Hypernyms: ↑action
verb
1. start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
• Syn: ↑jump-start, ↑jump
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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These cars won't jumpstart
2. start or re-start vigorously
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The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process
• Syn: ↑jump-start
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.