trampoline

English edit

A boy jumping on a trampoline (sense 1)

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trampoline (computing)

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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˌtɹæmpəˈliːn/, /ˈtɹæmpəˌliːn/
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Noun edit

trampoline (plural trampolines)

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.
(uncountable) A competitive sport in which athletes are judged on routines of tricks performed on a trampoline.
Synonym: trampolining
(programming) Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages.
(programming) Any of a variety of indirection techniques in specific programming languages.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

gymnastic and recreational device

Arabic: مِنَطَّة f (minaṭṭa)
Hijazi Arabic: نطنيطة f (nuṭnēṭa)
Armenian: բատուտ (hy) (batut), ցատկացանց (hy) (cʻatkacʻancʻ)
Bashkir: батут (batut)
Bulgarian: батут m (batut)
Catalan: llit elàstic, trampolí (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 彈床／弹床 (daan⁶ cong⁴)

Mandarin: 蹦床 (zh) (bèngchuáng)
Czech: trampolína (cs) f
Danish: trampolin (da)
Dutch: trampoline (nl) f
Esperanto: trampolino (eo)
Finnish: trampoliini (fi)
French: trampoline (fr) m or f, (less common) trampolin (fr) m
Galician: cama elástica f
German: Trampolin (de) n
Greek: τραμπολίνο (trampolíno)
Hebrew: טְרַמְפּוֹלִינָה (he)
Hungarian: trambulin (hu)
Icelandic: trampólín n
Ido: trampolino (io)
Indonesian: trampolin (id)
Irish: trampailín m
Italian: trampolino elastico m
Japanese: トランポリン (toranporin)
Kazakh: серіппе (serıppe), батут (batut)
Korean: 트램펄린 (teuraempeollin)
Kyrgyz: батут (batut)
Latin: desultorium n, trampolinum n (New Latin)
Lithuanian: batutas
Maori: tūraparapa, turapa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: trampoline m

Nynorsk: trampoline m
Plautdietsch: Hupsbad n
Polish: trampolina (pl) f, batut m
Portuguese: trampolim (pt) m, cama elástica f, pula-pula m
Romanian: trambulină (ro) f
Russian: бату́т (ru) m (batút)
Slovak: trampolína f
Slovene: trampolín m
Spanish: cama elástica f, brincolín m
Swedish: trampolin (sv) c, studsmatta (sv) c
Tagalog: trampolin, trampolina
Tamil: வீழ்தடுப்புறை (vīḻtaṭuppuṟai)
Turkish: trambolin
Ukrainian: бату́т m (batút)
Vietnamese: giàn nhún, nghệ thuật nhún giàn
Welsh: trampolîn

looping or jumping instructions

Polish: trampolina (pl) f

indirection techniques

Verb edit

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

(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 […]
(transitive, programming) To rewrite (computer code) to use trampoline instructions.
trampolined code