springboard

  1. Noun.  A diving board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform, used for diving into water.
  2. Noun.  (gymnastics) A small platform on springs and usually hinged at one end, used to launch or vault onto other equipment.
  3. Noun.  (figuratively) Anything that gives a person or thing energy or impulse, or that serves to launch or begin something.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To launch or propel as if from a springboard.

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