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n. Alternative form of jump-start.

v. Alternative form of jump-start.

v. 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.

v. 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.

v. start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

v. start or re-start vigorously

n. starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car

"According to the website Recovery. gov, the ARRA is intended "to provide a short-term jumpstart to the economy, with many projects funded by the $787 billion in recovery money, especially infrastructure improvements, expected to benefit the economy for many years.""

jump-start   

jumpstarted    jumpstarting    jumpstarts   

start    start-up    commence    lead off    begin   

bootp    ph-rate    eight-place    onboth    server-level