Trampoline

Quick meaning: Trampoline is a noun meaning (uncountable) A competitive sport in which athletes are judged on routines of tricks performed on a trampoline.

Meaning

(uncountable) A competitive sport in which athletes are judged on routines of tricks performed on a trampoline.

More Meanings

1. (programming) Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages.
2. (programming) Any of a variety of indirection techniques in specific programming languages.
3. (intransitive) To jump (as if) on a trampoline.
4. (transitive, programming) To rewrite (computer code) to use trampoline instructions.
5. 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.

Example Sentences

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

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).

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.

Word Forms

• trampolines
• trampolin
• trampolining
• trampolined

Synonyms for trampoline

Depending on context, synonyms include trampolining.

Related Words

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