noun
- Starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car.
- usage: "my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor"
- synonyms: jump-start
verb
- Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery.
- synonyms: jump-start, jump
- Start or re-start vigorously.
- usage: "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"
- synonyms: jump-start
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