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Answer for the clue "Auto boost? ", 9 letters:
jumpstart

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also jump-start , to start a car using battery booster cables, by 1970, from jumper "wire used to cut out part of a circuit or close a gap" (1901 in telegraphy); see jump + start . Related: Jumpstarted ; jumpstarting . Figurative use by 1975.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
jumpstart \jump"start`\, Jump-start \Jump"-start`\, 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 ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
JumpStart is an educational media franchise for children, consisting mostly of educational games , produced by Knowledge Adventure . The series is distributed as Jump Ahead in the United Kingdom. It originally consisted of a series of educational PC games, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car's battery [syn: jump-start , jump ] start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process" [syn: jump-start ]