spring-loaded
- a containing a compressed spring that presses one part against another
- A spring-loaded mechanism in the rear hub controls the rear wheels, and there are no spokes or exposed bike chain.
- Created by MIT's Aaron Edsinger and Jeff Weber, the bot can grasp your hands when you touch its spring-loaded ones and can place a cup on a counter.
- From the bombs came tangled wires snaking through the tight rows of children, connected to two spring-loaded detonator pedals held down by the feet of two guerrillas.