JUMPSTART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jumpstart mean? 

• JUMPSTART (noun)
  The noun JUMPSTART has 1 sense:

1. starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car

  Familiarity information: JUMPSTART used as a noun is very rare.

• JUMPSTART (verb)
  The verb JUMPSTART has 2 senses:

1. start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

2. start or re-start vigorously

  Familiarity information: JUMPSTART used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUMPSTART (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

jump-start; jumpstart

Context example:

my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor

Hypernyms ("jumpstart" is a kind of...):

action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))

• JUMPSTART (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

jump; jump-start; jumpstart

Hypernyms (to "jumpstart" is one way to...):

start; start up (get going or set in motion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

These cars won't jumpstart

Sense 2

Meaning:

Start or re-start vigorously

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

jump-start; jumpstart

Context example:

The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process

Hypernyms (to "jumpstart" is one way to...):

begin; commence; lead off; start (set in motion, cause to start)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

In some cases, such as in the Amazon rainforest, that water vapor can jumpstart precipitation.

(How trees affect the weather, National Science Foundation)