trampoline

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

   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.

2. 2
   verb

   To jump (as if) on a trampoline.

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

3. 3
   verb

   To rewrite (computer code) to use trampoline instructions.

   trampolined code

4. 4
   noun

   gymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet attached with springs to a metal frame

5. 5
   noun

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

6. 6
   noun

   Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages.

7. 7
   noun

   Any of a variety of indirection techniques in specific programming languages.

Etymology

From Spanish trampolín and/or Italian trampolino; in English, a genericized trademark based on the Spanish word trademarked in 1936, but attested since 1798.