jumpstart

noun

1. starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car

- my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor

Definition categories: act, action

verb

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

Similar word(s): jump

Definition categories: motion, start

2. start or re-start vigorously

- The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process

Definition categories: change, begin, commence, start