jumpstart

WORDNET DICTIONARY

jumpstart(n = noun.act) jump-start - 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"

is a kind of action

jumpstart(v = verb.motion) jump, jump-start - start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery;

is one way to start, start up

Sample sentence:
These cars won't jumpstart

jumpstart(v = verb.change) jump-start - start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"

is one way to begin, commence, lead off, start

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

jumpstart, v. t.

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.
"Cables used to transmit electrical current from one vehicle to another for the purpose of jump-starting are called jumper cables." [PJC]
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. [PJC]