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alligator clip

noun

Electricity.
  1. a type of terminal for making temporary electrical connections, consisting of a cliplike device with long, narrow jaws that resemble those of an alligator.


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Origin of alligator clip1

First recorded in 1940–45
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De Jaen crouches to fiddle with alligator clips and bits of wire, as well as six 100-watt light bulbs and a purple gizmo that looks like an electric waffle iron designed for children.

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There, he said, Russian soldiers connected wires to his fingertips with alligator clips and jolted him with electricity.

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Images the prosecutors released showed a Russian military TA-57 telephone with additional wires and alligator clips attached to it.

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Meanwhile, Jessie gathered four lemons and six pieces of wire that were connected on each side to small alligator clips.

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He would ride out, shimmy up the pole with climbing spikes on his boots and put alligator clips on the phone line.

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