pump
A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
Noun 4 meanings
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; a gas pump.
“This pump is out of order, but you can gas up at the next one.”
A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
Verb 4 meanings
To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump.
“I've been pumping for over a minute but the water isn't coming through.”
To inject or pour (something) into someone or something in a manner similar to a pump.
To gain something, especially information, from (a person) by persistent questioning.
To express milk from (a breast) by means of a breast pump.
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”).
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PUMP at a glance
PUMP has 4 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (P 3 + U 1 + M 3 + P 3) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,398 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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