crocodile clip

There was a dark brown U.S. Army surplus telephone handset, a small condenser and a wire leading to a pair of crocodile clips.

We use spring-loaded crocodile clips.

A heat sink, such as a crocodile clip, can be used to prevent damaging heat-sensitive components while hand-soldering.

As a temporary measure to get the trains moving, he shorted out the contact with a piece of wire terminated in two crocodile clips.

A Kelvin clip is a special form of crocodile clip.

The sub's crew had spliced in another length of wire, and the huge crocodile clip had been fastened to the nose-wheel strut.

Rex removed the crocodile clips and disconnected the car battery.

This may be done by tight twisting, using small crocodile clips, or by soldering.

Sometimes they are also called crocodile clips.