Trampoline

/ˌtɹæmpəˈliːn/ · noun

Meaning

A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric or rubber stretched over a (usually steel) frame using many coiled springs as anchors..

Definitions by Sense

1. A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric or rubber stretched over a (usually steel) frame using many coiled springs as anchors.
2. (uncountable) A competitive sport in which athletes are judged on routines of tricks performed on a trampoline.
3. (programming) Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages.
4. (programming) Any of a variety of indirection techniques in specific programming languages.
5. (intransitive) To jump (as if) on a trampoline.
6. (transitive, programming) To rewrite (computer code) to use trampoline instructions.

Example Sentences

No man was ever known to poſſeſs ſuch wonderful activity as Mr. Ireland, the flying Phœnomenon, at the Royal Circus; he poſitively leaps over a large tilted waggon and four horſes, and performs a number of other feats equally aſtoniſhing; he is a young man of about 23 years of age, 6 feet and an inch high, and does not make uſe of a ſpring board or trampoline.

Though the name of the Four Cleos may not be familiar, their pranks are. They perform on that apparatus resembling a spring mattress, which has been dubbed the “trampoline,” owing to some confusion with the Anglicised form of tremplin (springboard).

My heart trampolined into my throat as I watched Lonnie's grip tighten on the stock of his own shotgun […]

It would be helpful if data collected on sporting-related activities more clearly identified if the injuries occurred in organized sport or recreational activity. For example, children trampolining unsupervised in the garden may be at a higher risk than those in a supervised class but the relative degrees of risk are not known.

trampolined code

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Word Forms

• trampolines
• trampolin
• trampolining
• trampolined

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