trampoline.html - n. & v.
--n.

a strong fabric sheet connected by springs to a horizontal frame, used by gymnasts etc. for somersaults, as a springboard, etc.

--v.

intr. use a trampoline.

trampolinist n. [It. trampolino f. trampoli stilts]

trampoline.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 intr. a walk heavily and firmly (tramping about upstairs). b go on foot, esp. a distance.
2 tr. a cross on foot, esp. wearily or reluctantly. b cover (a distance) in this way (tramped forty miles).
3 tr. (often foll. by down) tread on; trample; stamp on.
4 tr. Austral. colloq. dismiss from employment, sack.
5 intr. live as a tramp.

--n.

1 an itinerant vagrant or beggar.
2 the sound of a person, or esp. people, walking, marching, etc., or of horses' hooves.
3 a journey on foot, esp. protracted.
4 a an iron plate protecting the sole of a boot used for digging. b the part of a spade that it strikes.
5 esp. US sl. derog. a promiscuous woman.
6 = ocean tramp.

tramper n. trampish adj. [ME trampe f. Gmc]

trampoline.html - v. & n.
--v.

tr.
1 tread under foot.
2 press down or crush in this way.

--n.

the sound or act of trampling.

trample on 1 tread heavily on.
2 treat roughly or with contempt; disregard (a person's feelings etc.).

trampler n. [ME f. TRAMP + -LE(4)]

trampoline.html - n. & v.
--n.

a strong fabric sheet connected by springs to a horizontal frame, used by gymnasts etc. for somersaults, as a springboard, etc.

--v.

intr. use a trampoline.

trampolinist n. [It. trampolino f. trampoli stilts]

trampoline.html - n.
1 Brit. an electrically-powered passenger vehicle running on rails laid in a public road.
2 a four-wheeled vehicle used in coal-mines.

tram-road hist. a road with wooden, stone, or metal wheel-tracks. [MLG & MDu. trame balk, beam, barrow-shaft]

trampoline.html - n.
(in full tram silk) double silk thread used for the weft of some velvets and silks. [F trame f. L trama weft]