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Battery boost
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jumpstart
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n. (alternative form of jump-start English) vb. (alternative form of jump-start English)
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
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'''Jumpstart '''is a Los Angeles-based non-profit that helps support, develop and enhance the effectiveness of projects and organizations initiating from within the Jewish Community.
WordNet
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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 ]
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.