JUMPSTART

jumpstart, jump-start

(noun) 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”

jumpstart, jump-start

(verb) start or re-start vigorously; “The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process”

jumpstart, jump-start, jump

(verb) start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car’s battery

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

7 November 2024

ERASE

(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”


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Coffee Trivia

You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.

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