Trampoline Meaning
/ˌtɹæmpəˈliːn/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA 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.
nounA competitive sport in which athletes are judged on routines of tricks performed on a trampoline.
Sentence Examples
Why did my sixty-year-old landlord buy a trampoline?
The kids jumped on the trampoline.
Sami was just showing Layla how to use the trampoline.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The gymnast practiced her flips by bouncing on the ____ during training.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The children were having a lot of fun jumping up and down on the large ____ in their neighbor's garden today.
Word Origin & History
From Spanish trampolín and/or Italian trampolino; in English, a genericized trademark based on the Spanish word trademarked in 1936, but attested since 1798.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— [1799 June 1, The Times, number 4498, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page [3], column 4:
"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)."
— [1930 June 1, “Coliseum. The Four Cleos.”, in The Observer, number 7,253, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 4:
"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:
"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."
— 2008, Nick Webborn, Victoria Goosey-Tolfrey, “Spinal cord injury”, in John P. Buckley, Neil Spurway, Don MacLaren, editors, Exercise Physiology in Special Populations (Advanced in Sport and Exercise Science Series), Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, →ISBN, pages 317–318:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The gymnast practiced her flips by bouncing on the ____ during training.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The children were having a lot of fun jumping up and down on the large ____ in their neighbor's garden today.