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1. 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 neighbour"
   - jump-start

1. Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
   - jump-start, jump
    
2. Start or re-start vigorously
   "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"
   - jump-start

Derived forms: jumpstarted, jump-starting, jump-started, jumpstarts, jump-starts, jumpstarting

Type of: action, begin, commence, lead off, start, start up

Encyclopedia: Jumpstart