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J5084200 (jŭmp′stärt′)tr.v. jump-start·ed, jump-start·ing, jump-starts 1. To start (the engine of a motor vehicle) by using a jumper cable connected to the battery of another vehicle or by engaging the drivetrain while the vehicle is rolling downhill or being pushed.2. Informal To start or reinvigorate (an activity, system, or process): "struggled to jump-start his once front-running ... presidential campaign" (Susan Feeney).n.1. The act, process, or an instance of starting a motor vehicle by using a booster cable or suddenly releasing the clutch while the vehicle is being pushed.2. Informal The act or an instance of starting or setting in motion a stalled or sluggish system or process.

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vb (Automotive Engineering) to start the engine of (a car) by connecting it to another engine with jump leads or (of a car) to start in this way n (Automotive Engineering) the act of starting a car in this way

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n. 1. the starting, by means of booster cables, of an internal-combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery. v.t. 2. to give a jump-start to: to jump-start the car's engine. 3. to enliven or revive: to jump-start a sluggish economy. [1970–75]

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Past participle: jump-started
Gerund: jump-starting

Imperative	jump-startjump-start

Present	I jump-startyou jump-starthe/she/it jump-startswe jump-startyou jump-startthey jump-start

Preterite	I jump-startedyou jump-startedhe/she/it jump-startedwe jump-startedyou jump-startedthey jump-started

Present Continuous	I am jump-startingyou are jump-startinghe/she/it is jump-startingwe are jump-startingyou are jump-startingthey are jump-starting

Present Perfect	I have jump-startedyou have jump-startedhe/she/it has jump-startedwe have jump-startedyou have jump-startedthey have jump-started

Past Continuous	I was jump-startingyou were jump-startinghe/she/it was jump-startingwe were jump-startingyou were jump-startingthey were jump-starting

Past Perfect	I had jump-startedyou had jump-startedhe/she/it had jump-startedwe had jump-startedyou had jump-startedthey had jump-started

Future	I will jump-startyou will jump-starthe/she/it will jump-startwe will jump-startyou will jump-startthey will jump-start

Future Perfect	I will have jump-startedyou will have jump-startedhe/she/it will have jump-startedwe will have jump-startedyou will have jump-startedthey will have jump-started

Future Continuous	I will be jump-startingyou will be jump-startinghe/she/it will be jump-startingwe will be jump-startingyou will be jump-startingthey will be jump-starting

Present Perfect Continuous	I have been jump-startingyou have been jump-startinghe/she/it has been jump-startingwe have been jump-startingyou have been jump-startingthey have been jump-starting

Future Perfect Continuous	I will have been jump-startingyou will have been jump-startinghe/she/it will have been jump-startingwe will have been jump-startingyou will have been jump-startingthey will have been jump-starting

Past Perfect Continuous	I had been jump-startingyou had been jump-startinghe/she/it had been jump-startingwe had been jump-startingyou had been jump-startingthey had been jump-starting

Conditional	I would jump-startyou would jump-starthe/she/it would jump-startwe would jump-startyou would jump-startthey would jump-start

Past Conditional	I would have jump-startedyou would have jump-startedhe/she/it would have jump-startedwe would have jump-startedyou would have jump-startedthey would have jump-started

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Noun

1.jump-start - starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car; "my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor"jumpstartaction - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

Verb

1.jump-start - start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's batteryjumpstart, jumpstart up, start - get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer"

2.jump-start - start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"jumpstartcommence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

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noun starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car

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verb start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

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verb start or re-start vigorously

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