trampoline
/ˌtɹæmpəˈliːn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A competitive sport in which athletes are judged on routines of tricks performed on a trampoline.
Uncountable
noun
Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Any of a variety of indirection techniques in specific programming languages.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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)."
- "My heart trampolined into my throat as I watched Lonnie's grip tighten on the stock of his own shotgun […]"
- "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."
- "trampolined code"
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: trampolín, trampolino
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Sports.