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1. 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.

   Synonyms:boost

2. To reactivate or rejuvenate.

   Example: Giving a really good speech at the convention could jump-start her political career.

   Synonyms:boostkick startreactivate