jump-startTranslate jump-start | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of jump-start verb [with object] start (a car with a flat battery) with jump leads or by a sudden release of the clutch while the car is being pushed: he jump-started his old Chrysler give an added impetus to (something that is proceeding slowly or is at a standstill):she suggests ways to jump-start the sluggish educational system noun an act of jump-starting a car: a quick jump-start got the jeep running again an added impetus: the stimulus package is intended to give the economy a jump-startjump-start in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of jump-start in the US English dictionary
