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Verb: jumpstart  'júmp,staa(r)t
  1. Start or re-start vigorously
    "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process";
    - jump-start
     
  2. Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
    "We had to jumpstart the car this morning";
    - jump-start, jump
Noun: jumpstart  'júmp,staa(r)t
  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 neighbour";
    - jump-start

Derived forms: jumpstarts, jumpstarted, jumpstarting, jump-starts, jump-started, jump-starting

Type of: action, begin, commence, lead off, start, start up

Encyclopedia: Jumpstart