PUMP

pump

(noun) a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction

pump

(noun) a low-cut shoe without fastenings

heart, pump, ticker

(noun) the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body; “he stood still, his heart thumping wildly”

pump

(verb) question persistently; “She pumped the witnesses for information”

pump

(verb) deliver forth; “pump bullets into the dummy”

pump

(verb) operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal; “pump the gas pedal”

pump

(verb) raise (gases or fluids) with a pump

pump

(verb) move up and down; “The athlete pumps weights in the gym”

pump

(verb) draw or pour with a pump

pump

(verb) flow intermittently

pump

(verb) supply in great quantities; “Pump money into a project”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

pump (plural pumps)

A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.

An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping

A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel.

(bodybuilding, climbing) A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.

(colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.

(US, obsolete, slang) The heart.

(obsolete, vulgar, British slang) The vagina.

Synonym: Thesaurus:vagina

Verb

pump (third-person singular simple present pumps, present participle pumping, simple past and past participle pumped)

(transitive) To use a pump to move (liquid or gas).

(transitive, often followed by up) To fill with air.

(transitive) To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.

(transitive) To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.

Synonym: handshake

(transitive) To gain information from (a person) by persistent questioning.

Synonyms: grill, interrogate

(intransitive) To use a pump to move liquid or gas.

(intransitive, slang) To be going very well.

(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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(obsolete, British slang) To copulate.

Synonyms: bang, Thesaurus:copulate, Thesaurus:copulate with

(bodybuilding) To weightlift.

Synonyms: big up, lift, pump iron

Etymology 2

Noun

pump (plural pumps)

(British) A type of shoe, a trainer or sneaker.

Synonyms: dap, plimsoll (UK), 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)

A dancing shoe.

A type of shoe without a heel.

Anagrams

• UMPP

Source: Wiktionary

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Pump (pûmp), n. Etym: [Probably so called as being worn for pomp or ornament. See Pomp.]

Definition: A low shoe with a thin sole. Swift.

Pump, n. Etym: [Akin to D. pomp, G. pumpe, F. pompe; of unknown origin.]

Definition: An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston.

Note: for various kinds of pumps, see Air pump, Chain pump, and Force pump; also, under Lifting, Plunger, Rotary, etc. Circulating pump (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a surface condenser.

– Pump brake. See Pump handle, below.

– Pump dale. See Dale.

– Pump gear, the apparatus belonging to a pump. Totten.

– Pump handle, the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is given to the bucket of a pump.

– Pump hood, a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper wheel of a chain pump.

– Pump rod, the rod to which the bucket of a pump is fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle; the piston rod.

– Pump room, a place or room at a mineral spring where the waters are drawn and drunk. [Eng.] -- Pump spear. Same as Pump rod, above.

– Pump stock, the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump.

– Pump well. (Naut.) See Well.

Pump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pumped (pûmt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. pumping.]

1. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.

2. To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship.

3. Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc. But pump not me for politics. Otway.

Pump, v. i.

Definition: To work, or raise water, a pump.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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