trampoline

From Spanish trampolín and/or Italian trampolino; in English, a genericized trademark based on the Spanish word trademarked in 1936.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɹæmpəˈliːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæmpəliːn/

trampoline (plural trampolines)

1. A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs as anchors.
2. (programming) Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages

• trampoliner
• trampolining
• trampolinist

trampoline (third-person singular simple present trampolines, present participle trampolining, simple past and past participle trampolined)

1. To jump as if on a trampoline
   • 2007, Zoe Sharp, First Drop‎, →ISBN, page 276:

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

2. (programming) To rewrite computer code to use trampolines

   trampolined code

• Trampoline (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trampolining on Wikiversity.Wikiversity

Borrowed from Spanish trampolín or Italian trampolino. See also French tremplin.

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃.pɔ.lin/

trampoline m (plural trampolines)

1. (gymnastics) trampoline
2. (programming) trampoline

• “trampoline” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Italian trampolino

trampoline m (definite singular trampolinen, indefinite plural trampoliner, definite plural trampolinene)

1. a trampoline

• “trampoline” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Italian trampolino

trampoline m (definite singular trampolinen, indefinite plural trampolinar, definite plural trampolinane)

1. a trampoline

• “trampoline” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.