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jump 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… … Useful english dictionary
jump leads — n [plural] BrE thick wires used to connect the batteries of two cars in order to start the car that has lost power … Dictionary of contemporary English
jump leads — jump ,leads noun plural BRITISH JUMPER CABLES … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
jump-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 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
jump leads — UK / US noun [plural] British electrical wires that you use for starting a car by connecting it to the engine of another car … English dictionary
jump 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… … English dictionary
jump-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 … English terms dictionary
jump lead — [lēd] n. British term for jumper cable * * * jump lead [jump lead jump leads] [ˈdʒʌmp liːd] [ˈdʒʌmp liːd] (BrE) (NAmE … Useful english dictionary
jump — 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) … Useful english dictionary
Jump start (vehicle) — A jump start or boost is a term for a method of starting an automobile or other internal combustion engine powered vehicle which has a discharged battery. A second battery (often in another vehicle) is temporarily connected to the dead… … Wikipedia
