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What does push-start mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word push-start? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To start a motor car by pushing it (in neutral) and engaging a gear when it has sufficient velocity
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Not only is he a dab hand at changing a spare tyre, he can also push-start a 19-tonne articulated truck single-handedly.
Attempting to push-start a vehicle with an automatic transmission may cause transmission damage.
The hotel management rounded up passersby to give us a push-start in time for us to catch the ferry back.
Greene found himself helping to push-start the clinic's worn-out ambulance, a battered old mini-van whose back seats had been removed.
You splashed them on a cover and gave them the push-start they needed.
After getting a push-start on the restart, his voltage dropped, and the team brought him in on Lap 89 to replace the battery.

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