jump-start

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To start a motor vehicle by passing an electrical current from a charged battery to the discharged battery of the vehicle being started, by means of a booster cable connecting the two batteries.
  2. Verb.  (transitive, figuratively) To reactivate or rejuvenate.
  3. Noun.  The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.

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