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jumpstart

noun

Meaning

  1. The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.
  2. 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.
  3. To reactivate or rejuvenate.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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