pump
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
pump (plural pumps)
- A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
- This pump can deliver 100 gallons of water per minute.
- An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping
- It takes thirty pumps to get 10 litres; he did 50 pumps of the weights.
- A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel.
- This pump is out of order, but you can gas up at the next one.
- (bodybuilding, climbing) A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
- 2010, Eric Velazquez, "Power Pairings", Reps! 17:83
- Want a skin-stretching pump? Up the volume by using high-rep sets.
- A great pump is better than coming. (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
- 2010, Eric Velazquez, "Power Pairings", Reps! 17:83
- (colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
- She gave the other girl a pump on her new bike.
- (US, obsolete, slang) The heart.
- (obsolete, vulgar, British slang) The vagina.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:vagina
- German: Pumpe
pump (pumps, present participle pumping; past and past participle pumped)
- (transitive) To use a pump to move (liquid or gas).
- I've pumped over 1000 gallons of water in the last ten minutes.
- (transitive, often followed by up) To fill with air.
- He pumped up the air-bed by hand, but used the service station air to pump up the tyres.
- (transitive) To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.
- I pumped my fist with joy when I won the race.
- (transitive) To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.
- Synonyms: handshake
- (transitive) To gain information from (a person) by persistent questioning.
- Synonyms: grill, interrogate
- But pump not me for politics.
- (intransitive) To use a pump to move liquid or gas.
- I've been pumping for over a minute but the water isn't coming through.
- (intransitive, slang) To be going very well.
- The waves were really pumping this morning.
- Last night's party was really pumping.
- (sports) To kick, throw or hit the ball far and high.
- (Scotland, slang) To pass gas; to fart.
- Synonyms: trump, Thesaurus:flatulate
- (computing) To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
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- The interop system pumps messages while it attempts to clean up RCWs.
- (obsolete, British slang) To copulate.
- Synonyms: bang, Thesaurus:copulate, Thesaurus:copulate with
- (bodybuilding) To weightlift.
- Synonyms: big up, lift, pump iron
- German: aufpumpen
- Portuguese: bombear
- German: pumpen
- Portuguese: estar bombando (Brazil)
- Spanish: bombear
pump (plural pumps)
- (British) A type of shoe, a trainer or sneaker.
- Synonyms: dap, plimsoll, sneaker, trainer
- (chiefly, North America) A type of women's shoe which leaves the instep uncovered and has a relatively high heel, especially a stiletto (with a very high and thin heel)
- She was wearing a lovely new pair of pumps.
- A dance#Verb|dancing shoe.
- A type of shoe without a heel.
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