jumper cable

English

A set of jumper cables

Noun

jumper cable (plural jumper cables)

1. (often pluralized) A pair of insulated electrical wires with alligator clips at each end used to jump-start a car with a dead (flat) battery.

   Synonyms: booster cable, starter cable, (UK) jump lead

   He kept a jumper cable in an emergency box in the car, as he had once been caught with a dead battery.

2. (rail transport, road transport) An electrical cable providing a connection between rail or road vehicles.
   • 1962 March, Brian Haresnape, “Design in 1961—a Retrospect”, in Modern Railways, page 195:

     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.

Translations

cable for jump-starting

• Finnish: käynnistyskaapeli, apuvirtakaapeli
• French: câble de démarrage (fr) m
• German: Starthilfekabel n
• Polish: przewody rozruchowe m pl
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• Russian: стартер-кабель m (starter-kabelʹ), прику́риватель (ru) m (prikúrivatelʹ)
• Spanish: cable de arranque m
• Swedish: startkabel c

See also

• booster
• battery booster