trampolines

Noun

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.
   • 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...[1799 June 1, The Times, number 4498, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page [3], column 4

   Synonyms:

   rebound tumbler

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

   Synonyms:

   rebound tumbling, trampolining

3. Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages.
4. Any of a variety of indirection techniques in specific programming languages.

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