jump-start

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

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 own battery has insufficient power to start the vehicle normally.

  "Cables used to transmit electrical current from one vehicle to another for the purpose of jump-starting are called jumper cables."  [PJC]
•  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.  [PJC]

jump-start, n. 

 The action or event of jump-starting. For motor vehicles, the jump-starting of an engine is also called a jump.  [PJC]