jump starter

Dead battery solution

A jump starter is a portable device that provides battery power to start a vehicle with a dead battery, eliminating the need for another car and jumper cables: I keep a jump starter in my trunk for emergencies.

Figuratively, anything that revives or energizes a stalled situation: The tax rebate was meant to be a jump starter for the economy.

Related
  • batteryPortable electricity storage
  • boosterSomething that increases strength
  • cablesHeavy ropes or wires
  • deadNo longer alive
  • engineMachine producing motion

ignition · spark · portable · emergency · emergency kit · roadside · roadside assistance · crank · charge · voltage · clamps · stranded · boost · power · power bank · revive · car · car trouble

Categories
Opposites
vehicle battery function

jump starterdead battery

Exhausted power source

power drain · kill switch · immobilizer · electrical short

PROCESS INITIATION (metaphorical)

jump starterroadblock

Obstruction across a road

stopper · obstacle · impediment · hindrance · barrier

automotive assistance type

jump startertow truck

Vehicle that pulls others

flatbed · wrecker · tow service

Family

jump, starter, jumps, jumped, jumping, jumper, jumpers, start, starts

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G