to jump
- verb
- /dʒʌmp/
- US
- I mean, I might be able to jump-start it.
- jump-start a car
So we used a Cherokee to do to jump start as Clippers.
- So we used a Cherokee to do to jump start as Clippers.
- My car will not start and I either need to be towed or it needs to be jump started, I think.
Examples
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If your students are experiencing writer's block, there are several things you can do to jump-start their creativity.
Academic text (2010) -
My car will not start and I either need to be towed or it needs to be jump started, I think.
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It needs an incredible amount of energy to jump-start it... and that's what you have, Carol.
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Zschau also helped to jump-start Princeton's Entrepreneurship Club, which sponsored an annual business plan contest.
Academic text (2007) -
When my car wouldn't start, my neighbor helped me jump it by connecting the cables to his battery.
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He had to jump his car in the parking lot after leaving the lights on all night.
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To get my old vehicle running again, I needed someone to jump it with their truck.
Synonyms
To start a car engine that has a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
To get a car going when its battery is dead using cables and another car
Antonyms
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
Idioms
- Informal
To start doing something popular because many others do it, often to get an advantage
- Informal
To suddenly speak angrily and criticize someone for a small mistake
- Slang
To start to get worse after a silly or big change, for example in a TV show
- Informal
Start a difficult task without much preparation or experience
- Offensive
A rude joking way to tell someone to go away without meaning it
- Informal
To join a business or project that is likely to fail even though there are clear risks
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Decide quickly about someone or something without enough information
To start a car engine that has a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
Compounds
An athletic event where athletes jump over a horizontal bar without knocking it down
- Specialized
A basketball way where the referee tosses the ball between two players who jump to tap it to a teammate
An act of starting a car with a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
- Specialized
A sudden change between two film shots that makes action or time seem to skip
A track event where an athlete does a hop, a step, then a long jump in one run
- Jargon
A machine in science fiction that lets ships travel instantly between distant stars
- Specialized
A sudden cut between shots in a film that shows time passing or makes the action jump
- Specialized
A sudden change in an electron's energy level when it gains or loses energy
- Specialized
A jump with arms and legs stretched out to the sides like an eagle
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jump used for starting a car with another battery is a helpful image: you give the dead car a quick boost like a short jump to get it moving, which is why people say you 'jump' the car.