jumpstart
noun
Meaning
- The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.
- 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.
- To reactivate or rejuvenate.
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