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turbocharge

turbocharge verb: to increase the power of (an internal combustion engine, either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the exhaust air (through using a turbocharger).

Verb

turbocharge (third-person singular simple present turbocharges, present participle turbocharging, simple past and past participle turbocharged)

  1. (transitive) To increase the power of (an internal combustion engine, either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the exhaust air (through using a turbocharger).
  2. (colloquial, transitive) To make faster or more powerful.
    • Six weeks after that moment, in a darkened classroom at Oceanside Community College, I would learn via an anger management class video about the cardiology, neurology, and endocrinology of rage—about how, as I reached for that wrench, my hypothalamus was instant-messaging my adrenal glands to...2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.1, at p.11
    • 6 turbocharge your turkey Commit yourself to healthy, varied lunches, and start by topping your turkey club sandwich with broccoli sprouts. Compared with mature broccoli, these have up to 100 times the potent compound sulforaphane, which is shown to fight cancer.2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 134

Examples of turbocharge in a sentence

  • How stored fat was dumping into my bloodstream for an energy turbocharge.2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.1, at p.11
  • Minn., whose article “The Sweep and Force of Section Three” turbocharged the disqualification debate when it was posted online last August.2024 February 8, Mark Walsh, “A packed courtroom for the Trump ballot case”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
  • The idea of an alleged Epstein "list" was turbocharged by Trump's own inner circle, most notably by Bondi herself.2025 July 10, Jesus Mesa, “'We've Been Played': MAGA Faces Its Own Disappointment With Trump”, in Newsweek:

Forms of turbocharge

third-person singular presentturbocharges
present participleturbocharging
past participleturbocharged
pastturbocharged

Origin of turbocharge

From turbo- + charge.

Questions about turbocharge

What does turbocharge mean?
Turbocharge means to increase the power of (an internal combustion engine, either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the exhaust air (through using a turbocharger).
How do you use turbocharge in a sentence?
How stored fat was dumping into my bloodstream for an energy turbocharge.
What part of speech is turbocharge?
Turbocharge is a verb.
What is the past tense of turbocharge?
The past tense of turbocharge is turbocharged.

Words near turbocharge in the dictionary

  1. turboalternators
  2. turbocapitalism
  3. turbocapitalist
  4. turbocar
  5. turbocars
  6. turbocharge
  7. turbocharged
  8. turbocharger
  9. turbochargers
  10. turbocharges
  11. turbocharging

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