Trampoline vs Tarpaulin - What's the difference?
trampoline | tarpaulin |
A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs as anchors.
(programming) Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages
To jump as if on a trampoline
* {{quote-book, 2007, Zoe Sharp, First Drop
, passage=My heart trampolined into my throat as I watched Lonnie's grip tighten on the stock of his own shotgun
(programming) To rewrite computer code to use trampolines
(countable) A heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover.
(countable, slang, archaic) A sailor. Often abbreviated to just tar.
(uncountable, obsolete) Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover.
(uncountable, nautical, obsolete) Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.
A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
As nouns the difference between trampoline and tarpaulin
is that trampoline is while tarpaulin is (countable) a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover.trampoline
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Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia trampoline)Derived terms
* trampoliner * trampolining * trampolinistVerb
(trampolin)citation
- trampolined code
External links
* * (Trampolining) ----tarpaulin
English
(wikipedia tarpaulin)Noun
(en noun)- Throw a tarpaulin over that woodpile before it gets wet.