Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of jump-start.
- v. Alternative form of jump-start.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. 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.
- v. Figurative 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.
WordNet 3.0
- v. start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- v. start or re-start vigorously
- n. starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car
Examples
“According to the website Recovery. gov, the ARRA is intended "to provide a short-term jumpstart to the economy, with many projects funded by the $787 billion in recovery money, especially infrastructure improvements, expected to benefit the economy for many years.”
“to provide a short-term jumpstart to the economy, with many projects funded by the $787 billion in recovery money, especially infrastructure improvements, expected to benefit the economy for many years.”
“After an initial jumpstart from the motors, the cylinder’s motion caused the ship to advance, PM reported.”
Wind-Powered Rotor Ships Were Maritime Breakthrough of the 20s « Isegoria
“The best way to restore the confidence of both consumers and investors is to provide a short-term jumpstart to our economy, and then to provide a New Direction for the long-term that grows our economy with the power of renewable energy and American innovation, while ensuring fiscal discipline.”
“jumpstart" - desperately-needed housing in downtown.”
“You need a roll longer than two or three games in row to kind of jumpstart you in the standings.”
“Obama campaigned on a platform of a $50 billion "jumpstart" to the economy; a $150 billion investment over 10 years in energy and green technology; and $60 billion over 10 years for a transportation infrastructure investment bank.”
Robert Weissman: Mordor Brightens; Obama's Challenge -- And Ours
“Thank you, I do not know how to "jumpstart" the memories, they just sort of come and now that I am getting out a bit more I will see how much more time in the outside I can handle before the "too much information" headache comes.”
Post "Brain go BOOM!" views: from emotion to information (plus nightmares)
“Or did we say to the Norwegians, did the United States say to the Norwegians, wouldn't it be a good idea to have us all back to Oslo, to kind of jumpstart this process?”
“This powerful modern technique will "jumpstart" the genetic improvement of African rice.”
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Genes
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tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
Might as well jump
Words or phrases with "jump" in them (or with the letters j-u-m-p, in that order).
jump, jumper, Jump, jumps, long jump, jump start, jumpstart, jump-start, jumper cable, jumper cables, Jump Around, jumping spider and 17 more...
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enigmatic, pragmatic, pulchritudinous, nincompoop, annihilation, sociality, entailment, acrosome, egalitarian, culture, technocracy, shenanigan and 541 more...
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Mollusque's miscellany
A mixture of words that I like or have commented on, along with ones parked here so they'd be listed somewhere or remind me of lists I want to make.
oranger, monographer, preoccupied, bu, bobization, coinventor, tetrapyloctomy, borgmannian, suspercollate, manhug, mancrush, obituarist and 604 more...
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