How to pronounce “jump-start”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (transitive) To start a motor vehicle with a discharged ("dead") battery by connecting it with jumper cables to an alternate source of electrical current, generally either the charged battery of another vehicle or a purpose-made device ("hotshot").
• (transitive, figuratively) To reactivate or rejuvenate.
• [Noun]
• The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.
• (sports) A false start.

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