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• jump-start — ☆ jump start [jump′stärt΄ ] vt. 1. to start (the engine of a motor vehicle) by using jumper cables, or by pushing the vehicle and then suddenly releasing the clutch when the vehicle has begun to roll 2. Informal to start or start up, energize,… …   English World dictionary

• jump-start — verb transitive 1. ) to start a car by connecting its engine to another car s engine with JUMPER CABLES: JUMP 2. ) to make something work successfully after a period of failure: attempts to jump start the economy a ) to start something in a very… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• jump-start — v [T] 1.) also jump AmE to start a car whose ↑battery has lost power by connecting it to the battery of another car 2.) to help a process or activity to start or become more successful ▪ Congress hopes the tax cut will jump start the economy.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• jump-start — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms jump start : present tense I/you/we/they jump start he/she/it jump starts present participle jump starting past tense jump started past participle jump started 1) a) to make something work successfully after a …   English dictionary

• jump-start — verb (T) 1 to start a car whose battery 1 (1) has lost power by connecting it to the battery of another car 2 to help a process or activity start or become more successful: lowering taxes to jump start the economy jump start noun (C) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• jump-start — Ⅰ. jump start UK US /ˈdʒʌmpstɑːt/ US  / stɑːrt/ verb [T] ► to improve something such as an industry or economy more quickly by giving it extra help: »The new model is part of the company s effort to jump start its American sales, which declined… …   Financial and business terms

• jump-start — jump′ start n. 1) aum the starting, by means of booster cables, of an internal combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery 2) aum to give a jump start to: to jump start the car s engine[/ex] 3) to enliven or revive: to jump start a… …   From formal English to slang

• jump-start — transitive verb Date: 1973 1. to start (an engine or vehicle) by temporary connection to an external power source (as another vehicle s battery) 2. a. to start or restart rapidly or forcefully < advertising can jump start a political campaign > b …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• jump start (to) —  Initiate, to get something going.  ► “After Pinochet, the new leaders in Chile jump started the economy by shifting to free market economics.” (Prof. Ralph Folsom, University of San Diego, 1996) …   American business jargon

• jump-start — /jump stahrt /, n. 1. Also, jump. Auto. the starting of an internal combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery by means of booster cables. v.t. 2. to give a jump start to: to jump start an engine. 3. to enliven or revive: to jump… …   Universalium

• jump-start — verb Jump start is used with these nouns as the object: ↑career, ↑economy …   Collocations dictionary