The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jumper cable
Jumper cable \Jump"er ca`ble\, n. A cable or pair of cables used to jump-start a vehicle.
Wiktionary
jumper cable
n. (context often pluralized English) A pair of insulated electrical wires used to jump-start a car with a dead battery.
WordNet
jumper cable
n. a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire; "it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads" [syn: jumper lead, lead]
Wikipedia
Jumper cable (disambiguation)
Jumper cable may refer to:
- The jumper cables between the locomotive, railroad cars and the cab car or driving van trailer on push-pull trains for multiple-unit train control and the transmission of lower voltage electricity.
- The electrical cables (jumper cables) between the road tractor and a semi-trailer or a full trailer or the electrical cables between an automobile and any trailer.
- Jump wire, a short electrical wire with a solid tip at each end used to interconnect the components in a breadboard
- A pair of electrical cables to jump start a vehicle.
- Jumper Cable, the 33rd book in the Xanth series by Piers Anthony
Jumper cable
Jumper cables are electric cables to connect two rail or road vehicles.
Usage examples of "jumper cable".
Joe Bob attached the jumper cable, making certain it was circled out far enough behind and around him to permit him sufficient crawl-space without snagging the bull.
She put screwdrivers, pliers, and a jumper cable in the pocket of my raincoat.