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trampolining

trampolining is the present participle and gerund of trampoline.

Meaning of trampoline

Verb

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.
    • 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
  2. (transitive) To rewrite (computer code) to use trampoline instructions.
    • trampolined code

See all 6 meanings of trampoline

Noun

trampolining (uncountable)

  1. A competitive sport performed on the trampoline.

Synonyms of trampolining

Questions about trampolining

What does trampolining mean?
Trampolining means a competitive sport performed on the trampoline.
What is trampolining the present participle and gerund of?
Trampolining is the present participle and gerund of trampoline.
What part of speech is trampolining?
Trampolining is a noun.

Words near trampolining in the dictionary

  1. trampoline effect
  2. trampolined
  3. trampoliner
  4. trampoliners
  5. trampolines
  6. trampolining
  7. trampolinist
  8. trampolinists
  9. trampolins
  10. trampoose
  11. trampoosed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trampolining (page history and authors); trampoline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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