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jump-start

jump-start

2 4.0
An act of starting a car with a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒʌmpˌstɑrt/
translation icon : arranque con cables
  • He needed a jump-start to revive his vehicle's battery after it died unexpectedly.
  • get a jump-start
  • need a jump-start
  • give you a jump-start

Examples

  • All you needed was a jump start.

    Choke (2008)

  • It's gonna need a jump-start.

    Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

  • Jesse Jackson is already on the scene, so the process should get a jump-start.

    Blog text (17)

  • If you need a jump-start, look at Smart Spending Spot's ten ways to find hidden money, and it's something we could all do easily without making big changes.

    Blog text (34)

  • Need a jump-start?

    Narcopolis (2015)

  • When her car wouldn't start, she asked her friend for a jump-start to get it running again.

  • After several attempts to start the engine, they decided to give the car a jump-start with jumper cables.

Synonyms

jumpstart
vsjump-start
3 4.7

A way to get a car going when its battery is dead using cables and another car

is written with a hyphen rather than as one word

Antonyms

stop
310 1.0

An act when something ends or pauses

Surface Forms

jump-start singular
jump-starts plural

Morphology

jump-start = jump-start (semi-transparent) = jump + start

The noun is transparently built from the verb 'jump-start' by zero derivation, and the verbal compound itself is still recognizable.

Etymology

Jump-start As a noun, the word names the act of giving a car a quick jump ('sudden push') so the engine will start ('begin'), and by extension it means the helpful boost something needs to get going again.