VERB
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start or re-start vigorously
The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process - start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
NOUN
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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
How To Use jump-start In A Sentence
- Likewise, it was ixnay on the ommentcay when asked about reports that former show exec producer Nigel Lythgoe is returning triumphant to the show after having been pushed aside a couple of seasons back when that was their Really Bright Idea for jump-starting "Idol" and revving up ratings. 'D.C. Cupcakes' will get second season; only Ryan Seacrest certain on 'Idol'
- We work in a very open environment to promote a free flow of communication, but this meeting really jump-starts it.
- Some students in remedial courses are older workers trying to jump-start a new career. One-third of students need remedial college math, reading
- The cut, which would be the Fed's ninth this year in its effort to jump-start a flagging economy, would push short-term rates to their lowest levels in nearly a decade.
- They proceeded on the wrongheaded premise that if you got money to the banks, it would "unblock" the flow of credit to the economy and jump-start it again. Marshall Auerback: Memorial Day Recap: War, Spending, and Employment
- The board also established new jobs for seasoned construction pros, including someone to jump-start its stalled and troubled school projects.
- A jump-start on a pro career makes sense - assuming there is a pro career, and this is the area where allowing high school players in the draft gets dicey.
- Gnat came back from her trip supercharged in some odd way - a week with cousins, older cousins, jump-started some portion of her brain.
- Get a jump-start on your competition with some pre-season cross-training.
- Fuel deliveries and jump-starts also fall into this category.