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pump1 /pump/ noun- A machine for raising and moving fluids (orig esp bilge-water in ships), or for compressing, rarefying, or transferring gases
- A stroke of a pump
- An act of pumping
transitive verb- To raise, force, compress, exhaust, empty, remove or inflate with a pump
- To discharge by persistent effort
- To fire (bullets, etc) rapidly and repeatedly
- To move in the manner of a pump
- To shake (someone's hand) vigorously up and down, as though working a pump-handle
- To subject to, or elicit by, persistent questioning
- To pump water on (obsolete)
- To put out of breath (esp in passive; often with out; informal)
intransitive verb- To work a pump
- To work like a pump
- (of mercury in a barometer) to rise and fall suddenly
- To spurt
- To propel or increase the speed of a sailing-boat by rapidly pulling the sails in and out (nautical)
ORIGIN: Ety uncertain pumped adjective (informal; often with up) - Excited
- Enthused
- Stimulated
pumpˈer noun pumpˈ-action adjective Denoting a repeating rifle or shotgun whose chamber is fed by a pump-like movement pumped storage noun In a hydroelectric system, the use of electricity at times of low demand to pump water up to a high storage reservoir, to be used to generate electricity at times of high demand pump gun noun A pump-action gun pumpˈ-handle noun The lever that works a pump pumpˈ-head or pumpˈhood noun A frame covering the upper wheel of a chain pump, serving to guide the water into the discharge-spout pumpˈ-priming noun - Starting a pump working efficiently by introducing fluid to drive out the air
- Investing money in order to stimulate commerce, local support, etc
pump room noun The room at a mineral spring in which the waters are drunk pumpˈ-water noun Water from a pump pumpˈ-well noun - A well from which water is obtained by pumping
- The compartment in which a pump works
pump iron (informal) To exercise with weights, to develop one's muscles pump up - To inflate
- To increase
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