Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jump-start

1 sense of jump-start

Sense 1
jumpstart, jump-start -- (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")
       => action -- (something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions")
                                                                         

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb jump-start

2 senses of jump-start

Sense 1
jumpstart, jump-start, jump -- (start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery)
       => start, start up -- (get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer")

Sense 2
jumpstart, jump-start -- (start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process")
       => begin, lead off, start, commence -- (set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life")