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push-start
push-start v.
Brit. 
/ˈpʊʃstɑːt/
, /ˈpʊʃstɑːt/U.S. /ˈpʊʃˌstɑrt/
[after push start n.] transitive to start (a motor vehicle) by pushing it in order to make the engine turn; also figurative./ˈpʊʃˌstɑrt/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a motor vehicle > start in specific manner
swing1927
push-start1957
bump-start1967
tow-start1976
1957 S. Moss In Track of Speed xiv. 182 Mechanics rushed out and push-started us.
1965 D. Lodge Brit. Mus. is falling Down vi. 107 He prepared to push-start his scooter.
1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Dec. 14 Consumers need to spend money and lots of it to push-start the economy.
2003 Oxf. Amer. Jan–Feb. 82/3 He said maybe then we could push-start the truck, and he must have known better, the transmission was automatic.
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