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jumpstart
(encz) | jumpstart, v: |
Jump-start
(gcide) | jumpstart \jump"start`\, Jump-start \Jump"-start`\, v. t.
1. To start (the engine of a motor vehicle) using a temporary
connection to supply electrical power from another vehicle
or another source of current; -- an emergency procedure
used when a vehicle's own battery has insufficient power
to start the vehicle normally.
Note: Cables used to transmit electrical current from one
vehicle to another for the purpose of jump-starting are
called jumper cables.
[PJC]
2. To provide a speedy start to (an activity) using the
assistance of some external impetus; to re-energize (an
activity proceeding sluggishly); -- accomplished by
application of a stimulus not normally used in the
activity. [Figurative]
[PJC] |
Jump-start
(gcide) | Jump-start \Jump"-start`\, n.
The action or event of jump-starting. For motor vehicles, the
jump-starting of an engine is also called a jump.
[PJC] Jump suit |
jumpstart
(wn) | jumpstart
n 1: 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" [syn:
jumpstart, jump-start]
v 1: start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it
to another car's battery [syn: jumpstart, jump-start,
jump]
2: start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends
to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process" [syn:
jumpstart, jump-start] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Jump-start
(gcide) | jumpstart \jump"start`\, Jump-start \Jump"-start`\, v. t.
1. To start (the engine of a motor vehicle) using a temporary
connection to supply electrical power from another vehicle
or another source of current; -- an emergency procedure
used when a vehicle's own battery has insufficient power
to start the vehicle normally.
Note: Cables used to transmit electrical current from one
vehicle to another for the purpose of jump-starting are
called jumper cables.
[PJC]
2. To provide a speedy start to (an activity) using the
assistance of some external impetus; to re-energize (an
activity proceeding sluggishly); -- accomplished by
application of a stimulus not normally used in the
activity. [Figurative]
[PJC]Jump-start \Jump"-start`\, n.
The action or event of jump-starting. For motor vehicles, the
jump-starting of an engine is also called a jump.
[PJC] Jump suit |
Jump-start
(gcide) | jumpstart \jump"start`\, Jump-start \Jump"-start`\, v. t.
1. To start (the engine of a motor vehicle) using a temporary
connection to supply electrical power from another vehicle
or another source of current; -- an emergency procedure
used when a vehicle's own battery has insufficient power
to start the vehicle normally.
Note: Cables used to transmit electrical current from one
vehicle to another for the purpose of jump-starting are
called jumper cables.
[PJC]
2. To provide a speedy start to (an activity) using the
assistance of some external impetus; to re-energize (an
activity proceeding sluggishly); -- accomplished by
application of a stimulus not normally used in the
activity. [Figurative]
[PJC]Jump-start \Jump"-start`\, n.
The action or event of jump-starting. For motor vehicles, the
jump-starting of an engine is also called a jump.
[PJC] Jump suit |
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