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Definition boost
Etymology
Of unknown origin. The verb is first recorded 1815; the noun, 1825. Compare Scots boost (“to move; drive off; shoo away”), bost, boast (“to threaten; scold”), Middle English boosten, bosten (“to threaten”), Norwegian busta, bausta (“to rush onward; make a noise”).
Noun
boost (plural boosts)
- A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
- Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
- (automotive engineering) A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.
Verb
boost (third-person singular simple present boosts, present participle boosting, simple past and past participle boosted)
- (transitive) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
- (transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.
- (slang, transitive) To steal.
- (Canada, transitive) To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won't start.
- (transitive, medicine) To give a booster shot to.
- (transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost.
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