jump leads
1jump leads — plural noun Two electrical cables for supplying power to start a car from another battery • • • Main Entry: ↑jump * * * jump leads UK US noun [plural] british electrical wires that you use for starting a car by connecting it to the engine of… …
2jump leads — n [plural] BrE thick wires used to connect the batteries of two cars in order to start the car that has lost power …
3jump leads — jump ,leads noun plural BRITISH JUMPER CABLES …
4jump leads — [[t]ʤʌ̱mp liːdz[/t]] N PLURAL Jump leads are two thick wires that can be used to start a car when its battery does not have enough power. The jump leads are used to connect the battery to the battery of another car that is working properly.… …
5jump-leads — noun (plural) BrE thick wires used to connect the batteries (battery1 (1)) of two cars in order to start one that has lost power …
6jump leads — UK / US noun [plural] British electrical wires that you use for starting a car by connecting it to the engine of another car …
7jump start — jump starts, jump starting, jump started 1) VERB To jump start a vehicle which has a flat battery means to make the engine start by getting power from the battery of another vehicle, using special cables called jump leads. [V n] He was huddled… …
8jump-start — ► VERB ▪ start (a car with a flat battery) with jump leads or by a sudden release of the clutch while it is being pushed. ► NOUN ▪ an act of jump starting a car …
9jump lead — [lēd] n. British term for jumper cable * * * jump lead [jump lead jump leads] [ˈdʒʌmp liːd] [ˈdʒʌmp liːd] (BrE) (NAmE …
10jump — v. & n. v. 1 intr. move off the ground or other surface (usu. upward, at least initially) by sudden muscular effort in the legs. 2 intr. (often foll. by up, from, in, out, etc.) move suddenly or hastily in a specified way (we jumped into the car) …
