cardigan vs jumper

cardigan

noun
  • A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool. 

jumper

noun
  • A woollen sweater or pullover. 

  • Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing. 

  • A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation. 

  • A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot. 

  • A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board. 

  • A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow. 

  • A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height. 

  • A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors. 

  • A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. 

  • A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children; pinafore. 

  • Rompers. 

  • A jumping spider. 

  • A platform game based around jumping. 

  • A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece. 

  • The larva of the cheese fly. 

  • A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire. 

verb
  • To connect with an electrical jumper. 

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