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