SPRINGBOARD
- a flexible board usually secured at one end and used for gymnastic stunts or diving [n -S]
- A strong, flexible board from which someone can jump in order to gain added impetus when performing a dive or a gymnastic movement
- A thing that lends impetus or assistance to a particular action, enterprise, or development
- to launch upward from a flexible board [v SPRINGBOARDED, SPRINGBOARDING, SPRINGBOARDS]