jumpstarts

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?

verb

  1. 1

    To start a motor vehicle by passing an electrical current from a charged battery to the discharged ("dead" or "flat") battery of the vehicle being started, by using booster cables to temporarily connect the two batteries in parallel.

  2. 2

    To reactivate or rejuvenate.

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

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