jump-start

Noun

• starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car
  • my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor
    

Verb

• start or re-start vigorously
  • The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process
    

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  jumpstart , jump