booster cable

booster cable

n. See jumper cable.

boost′er ca`ble

n. either of a pair of electric cables used for starting the engine of a vehicle whose battery is dead. Also called jumper.

Thesaurus

Noun

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booster cable - a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire; "it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads"jumper cable, jumper lead, leadclip lead - a short piece of wire with alligator clips on both endsjumper - a small connector used to make temporary electrical connectionsconducting wire, wire - a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance