Meanings
nounalligator clip (plural alligator clips)
plural alligator clips
- businessA spring-loaded metal clip, usually attached to a wire and used to create a temporary electrical connection.
Synonyms: alligator clamp, crocodile clip
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA spring-loaded metal clip, usually attached to a wire and used to create a temporary electrical connection.
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Origin
From its resemblance to an alligator's jaws.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan pinces de cocodril
- pinces de cocodrilelectronics connector
Dutch krokodillenklem, krokodillenbek
- krokodillenklemelectronics connector
- krokodillenbekelectronics connector
Finnish hauenleuka
- hauenleukaelectronics connector
French pince crocodile
- pince crocodileelectronics connector
German Krokodilklemme
- Krokodilklemmeelectronics connector
Greek κροκοδειλάκι
- κροκοδειλάκι (krokodeiláki)electronics connector
Irish fáiscín crogaill
- fáiscín crogaillelectronics connector
Italian connettore a coccodrillo, pinza a coccodrillo
- connettore a coccodrilloelectronics connector
- pinza a coccodrilloelectronics connector
Polish krokodylek
- krokodylekelectronics connector
Russian крокоди́л
- крокоди́л (krokodíl)electronics connector
Cite this entry
APA
alligator clip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alligator%20clip
MLA
“alligator clip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alligator%20clip. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alligator clip,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alligator%20clip.
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