trampoline meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

trampoline

noun

/ˌtɹæmpəˈliːn/ · /ˈtɹæmpəˌliːn/

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.

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.[1799 June 1, The Times, number 4498, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page [3], 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).[1930 June 1, “Coliseum. The Four Cleos.”, in The Observer, number 7,253, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 4:

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

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences Any of a variety of indirection techniques in specific programming languages.

Derived terms: double mini trampoline, minitrampoline, retpoline, trampette, trampoline effect

trampoline

verb

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.

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 […]2007, Zoe Sharp, First Drop, →ISBN, page 276:
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.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:

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences To rewrite (computer code) to use trampoline instructions.

trampolined code

Derived terms: trampoliner, trampolinist