English Explanatory Dictionary

pump

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
  2. An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping
  3. A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump.
  4. A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
  5. A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
  6. The heart.
  7. The vagina.
verb
  1. To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump.
  2. To inject or pour (something) into someone or something in a manner similar to a pump.
  3. To put (a person or part of the body) under a stream of water from a pump, as a punishment or as a form of medical treatment; to force a pump of water upon or on someone.
  4. To gain something, especially information, from (a person) by persistent questioning.
  5. To have sex with; to sexually penetrate, especially with a thrusting motion.
  6. To express milk from (a breast) by means of a breast pump.
  7. To fill with air by means of a pump; to inflate.
  8. To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.
  9. To enlarge the body by means of weightlifting or steroid use.
  10. To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.
  11. Of music: to be loud, to have strong bass and rhythms; (by extension) to be full of energy.
  12. To kick, throw, or hit the ball far and high.
noun
  1. A low-top shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas upper; a low-top canvas sneaker.
  2. 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)
  3. A dancing shoe.
  4. A type of shoe without a heel.

Pronunciation

pŭmp /pʌmp/ en-us-pump.ogg

Word forms

pump pumps pumping pumped

Etymology

From Middle English pumpe, possibly from Middle Dutch pompe (“pipe, water conduit”) or Middle Low German pumpe (“pump”), probably ultimately imitative. Compare Dutch pompen, German pumpen, and Danish pompe; also Spanish bomba (“pump”).

Synonyms

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Derived words

air-pump air pump all hands to the pump arm pump a yard of pump water backpump bicycle pump bike pump bilge pump biological pump biopump body pump breast pump bull pump chain pump circulating pump cock pump compression pump cryopump donkey pump door pump drain pump draught on Aldgate pump draught on the pump at Aldgate ebullating pump electropump feed pump fist-pump fist pump footpump force pump forepump fuel pump gas pump hand pump handpump happiness pump head pump heat pump hogger pump hydropump insulin pump intuition pump jockey pump lift pump love pump micropump minipump mispump monkey pump mud pump nanopump one-pump one pump chump on pump overpump pallet pump parish-pump parish pump politics penis pump

Translations

Finnish: piikkari Finnish: piikkikorkokenkä German: Pumps Japanese: パンプス Romanian: pantof cu toc Swedish: pumps
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