Definition of push-start in US English:
push-start
verbˈpʊʃstɑrtˈpo͝oSHstärt
[with object]Start (a motor vehicle) by pushing it and putting it in gear in order to make the engine turn.
the bus had been push-started once by the passengers
Example sentencesExamples
- The bus in which they were touring had to be push-started at New Italy and at Coraki!
- Another photo called Team Bus shows a group of players push-starting their bus for the trip home.
- It's where historic race cars are push-started down the track as they were decades ago.
- That will be followed by the Cacklefest, which involves many early-days-style front-engine dragsters being push-started.
- Often they had to push-start the car after a stop.
- They shook Arnie awake and put him behind the wheel so Mike and Jack could push-start the car.
- From the second stop, we had to push-start the car.
- The activity involves early style front-engine dragsters push-started and gathered on the dragstrip's starting-line with the engines running.
- Check owner's manual for the proper way to push-start your vehicle.
- At 14, they push-start karts and learn mechanics.
- The crew attempted to push-start the car, but that failed.
- The first gentleman assisted us by trying to push-start the car to the Shell Garage in Kidd's Beach.
- Not only is he a dab hand at changing a spare tyre, he can also push-start a 19-tonne articulated truck single-handedly.
- Greene found himself helping to push-start the clinic's worn-out ambulance, a battered old mini-van whose back seats had been removed.
nounˈpʊʃstɑrtˈpo͝oSHstärt
An act of push-starting a motor vehicle.
a push start is required to get some of the veteran motorbikes going
Example sentencesExamples
- After getting a push-start on the restart, his voltage dropped, and the team brought him in on Lap 89 to replace the battery.
- You splashed them on a cover and gave them the push-start they needed.
- Basically, you need the hardware equivalent of a Concorde super-sonic jet getting a push-start from Superman to play it on the highest detail settings.
- Farmers need basic agricultural supplies to give them the push-start they need.
- On hand to give the club a push-start was GAA President Joe McDonagh, who also officially launched the County Board's website.