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trampoline

[tram-puh-leen, tram-puh-leen, -lin]

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noun

a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
Nautical.��a fabric deck stretched on the braces connecting the hulls of a catamaran or trimaran, resembling a gymnastic trampoline.

trampoline

/ -ˌliːn, ˈtræmpəlɪn /

noun

a tough canvas sheet suspended by springs or elasticated cords from a frame, used by acrobats, gymnasts, etc

verb

(intr) to exercise on a trampoline

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Other Word Forms

trampoliner noun
trampolinist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trampoline¹

1790–1800; variant of trampolin < Italian trampolino springboard, equivalent to trampol ( i ) stilts (< Germanic; trample ) + -ino -ine ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of trampoline¹

C18: via Spanish from Italian trampolino , from trampoli stilts, of Germanic origin; compare _trample

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At one point, his mother Shannon climbed on the trampoline and bounced, causing Ethan to fall.

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Security camera video shows the suspects walking by a pool at a home on Waldo Place and ducking out of sight behind a trampoline, before climbing up a hill.

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A woman has accused operators of a trampoline park of telling her 12-year-old brother that he had to leave because he has Down's syndrome .

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She also made them jump on trampolines and stand under the sun all day.

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Years ago many were aimed at families with children, such as indoor trampoline parks and Chuck E. Cheese, he said.

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