jump-start
— Verb
– English
~ start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"
jump-start
— Verb
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~ start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
jump-start
— 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"
junior status
— Noun
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~ in a junior position
Jan Steen
— Noun
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~ Dutch genre painter (1626-1679)
Joseph Lincoln Steffens
— Noun
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~ United States journalist whose exposes in 1906 started an era of muckraking journalism (1866-1936)
John Ernst Steinbeck
— Noun
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~ United States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers (1902-1968)
John Steinbeck
— Noun
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~ United States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers (1902-1968)
James Maitland Stewart
— Noun
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~ United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)
Jimmy Stewart
— Noun
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~ United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)
joss stick
— Noun
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~ a slender stick of incense burned before a joss by the Chinese
joint-stock company
— Noun
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~ a company (usually unincorporated) which has the capital of its members pooled in a common fund; transferable shares represent ownership interest; shareholders are legally liable for all debts of the company
jewelry store
— Noun
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~ a firm that sells and buys jewelry
Japanese stranglehold
— Noun
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~ a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arms are crossed in front of his own neck to exert pressure on his windpipe
Johann Strauss
— Noun
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~ Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899)
Johann Strauss
— Noun
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~ Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849)
jet stream
— Noun
– English
~ a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere; has important effects of the formation of weather fronts