push start
noun[C]
uk/ˈpʊʃ ˌstɑːt/us/ˈpʊʃ ˌstɑːrt/(alsobump start)theactofpushingyourcarinorderto make theenginestart:
Thecarstalledand Ineededapushstart.
The only way I couldstartthecarwas apushstart.
- Ioncehad acarthatregularlyneededapushstart.
- Itseemslikepushstartsaren'tneededas much as they were in the past.
- We gave thecarapushstart.
On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- backsomeoneup
- behind the wheelidiom
- bike
- biting point
- boxed in
- branch off
- coast
- drive off
- DWI
- jam
- pullsomeoneup shortidiom
- satnav
- self-driving
- snow chains
- stall
- steerable
- tailgating
- undertake
- undertaking