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English

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A boy jumping on a trampoline (sense 1)
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Etymology

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From Spanish trampolín and/or Italian trampolino; in English, a genericized trademark based on the Spanish word trademarked in 1936, but attested since 1798.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌtɹæmpəˈliːn/, /ˈtɹæmpəˌliːn/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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trampoline (countable and uncountable, plural trampolines)

  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.
    Synonym: rebound tumbler (obsolete, uncommon)
    • [1799 June 1, The Times, number 4498, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page [3], column 4:
      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.]
    • [1930 June 1, “Coliseum. The Four Cleos.”, in The Observer, number 7,253, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 4:
      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).]
  2. (uncountable) A competitive sport in which athletes are judged on routines of tricks performed on a trampoline.
    Synonym: trampolining
  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.

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To jump (as if) on a trampoline.
    • 2007, Zoe Sharp, First Drop[1], →ISBN, page 276:
      My heart trampolined into my throat as I watched Lonnie's grip tighten on the stock of his own shotgun []
    • 2008, Nick Webborn, Victoria Goosey-Tolfrey, “Spinal cord injury”, in John P. Buckley, Neil Spurway, Don MacLaren, editors, Exercise Physiology in Special Populations (Advanced in Sport and Exercise Science Series), Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, →ISBN, pages 317–318:
      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.
  2. (transitive, programming) To rewrite (computer code) to use trampoline instructions.
    trampolined code

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ trampoline, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “trampoline (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from either Italian trampolino or Spanish trampolín (itself from Italian).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌtrɑm.poːˈli.nə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: tram‧po‧li‧ne
  • Rhymes: -inə

Noun

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trampoline m (plural trampolines)

  1. a trampoline

See also

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French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trampoline m (plural trampolines)

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Italian trampolino.

Noun

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

  1. a trampoline

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Italian trampolino.

Noun

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

  1. a trampoline

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