jump-start

[juhmp-stahrt]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Automotive.��Also the starting of an internal-combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery by means of booster cables.

verb (used with object)

to give a jump-start to.
to jump-start an engine.
to enliven or revive.
to jump-start a sluggish economy.

jump-start

verb

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

noun

the act of starting a car in this way

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Word History and Origins

Origin of jump-start¹

First recorded in 1975–80

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“That’s kind of the course of a baseball season. It’s going to happen. So hopefully when you put it all together in a game like today, it can really jump-start us.”

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“When I teach fiction, I give a lot of prompts to my students. I printed up all my prompts, 126 of them, and went through all of them in order to jump-start some ideas.”

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She sees the entire exercise as a political ploy to get fearful consumers to make big-ticket purchases quickly in an effort to jump-start a flagging economy.

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“Stolen Car,” a dejected pop track off that EP, is originally what caught the attention of late rapper Mac Miller, who first aided Pillsbury in landing a record deal and jump-starting his career.

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And at USC, it’s the Trojans’ best hope of jump-starting a program that has never quite caught fire.

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