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Jump-start

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.

    "I left my headlights on all night. Could you give me a jump-start?"

  2. 2
    starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car wordnet
  3. 3
    A false start.
Verb
  1. 1
    To start a motor vehicle with a discharged ("dead") battery by connecting it with jumper cables to an alternate source of electrical current, generally either the charged battery of another vehicle or a purpose-made device ("hotshot"). transitive
  2. 2
    start or re-start vigorously wordnet
  3. 3
    To reactivate or rejuvenate. figuratively, transitive

    "Giving a really good speech at the convention could jump-start her political career."

  4. 4
    start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery wordnet

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