trampoline

Meanings

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

1. To jump (as if) on a trampoline.
2. To rewrite (computer code) to use trampoline instructions.

Etymology

From Spanish trampolín and/or Italian trampolino; in English, a genericized trademark based on the Spanish word trademarked in 1936, but attested since 1798.