jump starts

Cables revive engine

Jump starts refers to the act of starting a vehicle with a dead battery by connecting it to another power source, typically another car's battery with cables.

Figuratively, to jump-start something is to give it a sudden boost or renewed energy: The tax cuts were meant to jump-start the economy.

Also written as one word or hyphenated.

Related

promotes · pushes · catalyst · creative spark · energize · launches · spark · renewal · electrical currents · booster cables · initiative · breakthrough · car batteries · battery · electricity · AAA · alternator · charge

Opposites
vehicle assistance method

jump startstows

Pulls another vehicle

tow · towing · winching · pushing

initiation/momentum

jump startsstalls

Delays or compartments

stops · halts · kills · shuts down · derails

energy state

jump startsdrains

Pipes removing wastewater

depletes · exhausts · dies · runs down · flatlines

Family

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

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G