📖 Definitions of "Jumpstart"
- 1
The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.
"I left my headlights on all night. Could you give me a jump-start?"
- 1
To start a motor vehicle by passing an electrical current from a charged battery to the discharged ("dead" or "flat") battery of the vehicle being started, by using booster cables to temporarily connect the two batteries in parallel.
- 2
To reactivate or rejuvenate.
"Giving a really good speech at the convention could jump-start her political career."
🔄 Synonyms of "Jumpstart"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| jumpverb | (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Jumpstart"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| jumpverb | (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. |
| kick-startverb | Alternative spelling of kick start. [(transitive) To start a motorcycle.] |
| launchnoun | (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation |
| boostnoun | Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance. |
| jump-startverb | (transitive) To start a motor vehicle with a discharged ("dead") battery by connecting it with jumper cables to an alternate source of electrical current, generally either the charged battery of another vehicle or a purpose-made device ("hotshot"). |
| spurnoun | (figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse. |
| activateverb | (transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable. |
| stimulateverb | To encourage into action. |
| reinvigorateverb | (transitive) To give new life, energy or strength to someone or something; to revitalize. |
| revitalizeverb | American and Oxford British English standard spelling of revitalise. |
| reviveverb | (transitive) (figurative) To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize. |
| restartverb | (ambitransitive) To start again. |
| relaunchverb | To launch again. |
| reactivateverb | To activate again. |
| initiateverb | (transitive) To begin; to start. |
| kickstartnoun | Alternative spelling of kick start. [A metal bar on a motorcycle used to start its engine.] |
| energizeverb | (transitive) To invigorate; to make energetic. |
| invigorateverb | (transitive) To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to. |
| superchargenoun | (electrics, electronics) An instance of supercharging. |
| accelerateverb | (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of. |
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