jump-start

jump-start antonyms

jump-start definitions

verb
  • To reactivate or rejuvenate. 

  • To start a motor vehicle by passing an electrical current from a charged battery to the discharged ("dead" or "flat") battery of the vehicle being started, by using booster cables to temporarily connect the two batteries in parallel. 

noun
  • A false start 

  • The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.