jumper cables
plural noun
: a pair of electrical cables with alligator clips used to make a connection for jump-starting a vehicle
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In addition to jumper cables, a first aid kit, a flashlight, and extra bottles of water, this emergency blanket comes with me on every drive.
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Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2024
Luckily, Target’s $32 Justin Case Deluxe Safety Kit has it all, including gauge jumper cables for a dead battery, a tow strap, gloves, a poncho, a first aid kit, and even a head lamp.
—Megan Schaltegger, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2024
Broncos Country has Sean Payton, jumper cables at the ready, to turn this Orange & Blue postseason engine over.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2024
Contents include jumper cables, a small shovel, tow hooks, and more.
—Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 4 Jan. 2023
Law enforcement also found veterinary steroids, a carpet that appeared to be stained with blood, and an electrical plug and jumper cables, which the affidavit says is consistent with devices used to kill dogs that lose fights.
—Courtney Kube, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023
Investigators found battery jumper cables, which allegedly were used to execute dogs at Moorefield’s house, along with five pit bull-type dogs at his house and five pit bull-type dogs at Flythe’s house, court records show.
—Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
This kit includes jumper cables, an escape hammer, a tire pressure gauge, screwdrivers, a flashlight, bungee cords, an ice scraper, and a 66-piece first aid kit.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
That includes jumper cables, an emergency warning triangle, a flashlight with extra batteries, a screwdriver, a shop cloth, cable ties, duct tape, and accident forms.
—Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 4 Sep. 2023
Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2024
Luckily, Target’s $32 Justin Case Deluxe Safety Kit has it all, including gauge jumper cables for a dead battery, a tow strap, gloves, a poncho, a first aid kit, and even a head lamp.
—Megan Schaltegger, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2024
Broncos Country has Sean Payton, jumper cables at the ready, to turn this Orange & Blue postseason engine over.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2024
Contents include jumper cables, a small shovel, tow hooks, and more.
—Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 4 Jan. 2023
Law enforcement also found veterinary steroids, a carpet that appeared to be stained with blood, and an electrical plug and jumper cables, which the affidavit says is consistent with devices used to kill dogs that lose fights.
—Courtney Kube, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023
Investigators found battery jumper cables, which allegedly were used to execute dogs at Moorefield’s house, along with five pit bull-type dogs at his house and five pit bull-type dogs at Flythe’s house, court records show.
—Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
This kit includes jumper cables, an escape hammer, a tire pressure gauge, screwdrivers, a flashlight, bungee cords, an ice scraper, and a 66-piece first aid kit.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
That includes jumper cables, an emergency warning triangle, a flashlight with extra batteries, a screwdriver, a shop cloth, cable ties, duct tape, and accident forms.
—Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 4 Sep. 2023
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