SkyfireDict

jump-start   (TTS Sound)

The noun jump-start has 1 sense

• jumpstart, 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")

The verb jump-start has 2 senses

• jumpstart, jump-start, jump -- (start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery)


• jumpstart, jump-start -- (start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process")