jumper cable
jumper cable noun: a pair of insulated electrical wires with alligator clips at each end (typically used to jump-start a car with a dead (flat) battery).
Noun
jumper cable (plural jumper cables)
- A pair of insulated electrical wires with alligator clips at each end (typically used to jump-start a car with a dead (flat) battery).
- He kept a jumper cable in an emergency box in the car, as he had once been caught with a dead battery.
- Synonyms:
- booster cable, starter cable, jump lead
- An electrical cable providing a connection between rail or road vehicles.
- When in multiple the control between the locomotives is through jumper cables, and air and vacuum hoses.1958 April, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, pages 267, 277
- Complete absence of multiple-unit jumper cables (this class is not fitted for working in multiple) lends a neatness to this area not usually possible on British diesels.1962 March, Brian Haresnape, “Design in 1961—a Retrospect”, in Modern Railways, page 195
- A jump wire.
Synonyms of jumper cable
Forms of jumper cable
| plural | jumper cables |
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Questions about jumper cable
- What does jumper cable mean?
- Jumper cable means a pair of insulated electrical wires with alligator clips at each end (typically used to jump-start a car with a dead (flat) battery).
- What part of speech is jumper cable?
- Jumper cable is a noun.
- What is the plural of jumper cable?
- The plural of jumper cable is jumper cables.
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