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jump´start`

v. t.	1.	To start (the engine of a motor vehicle) using a temporary connection to supply electrical power from another vehicle or another source of current; - an emergency procedure used when a vehicle's own battery has insufficient power to start the vehicle normally.
	2.	To provide a speedy start to (an activity) using the assistance of some external impetus; to re-energize (an activity proceeding sluggishly); - accomplished by application of a stimulus not normally used in the activity.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jumpstart - 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 neighbor" jump-start action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
Verb	1.	jumpstart - start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery jump-start, jump start up, start - get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer"
	2.	jumpstart - start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process" jump-start commence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"