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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
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
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
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.
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Source: Wiktionary
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
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.