pump Definition

pump¹
noun

1. Any of various piston-operated or other devices for forcing or driving liquids or gases into or out of something, etc.
2. A standing device with a handle that is worked up and down for raising water from beneath the ground, especially one serving as the water supply to a community.
3a. A device for forcing air into a tyre;


Example: bicycle pump
Example: foot pump
4. A device for raising petrol from an underground storage tank to fill a vehicle's petrol tank.

Form: petrol pump (also)

verb pumped, pumping

tr & intr
1. To raise, force or drive (a liquid or gas) out of or into something with a pump.

Thesaurus: tap, draw, supply, drive, push, send.
2. To inflate (a tyre, etc) with a pump.

Form: pump something up (usually)
3. To force something in large gushes or flowing amounts.
4. To pour (money or other resources) into a project, etc.
5. To force out the contents of (someone's stomach) to rid it of a poison, etc.
6. To try to extract information from someone by persistent questioning.

Thesaurus: interrogate, question, probe, cross-examine, debrief.
7. To work something vigorously up and down, as though operating a pump handle.
8. To fire (bullets, etc), often into someone or something.

Example: pumped bullets into her

Idiom: pump iron

colloq
To exercise with weights; to go in for weight-training.

Etymology: 15c: from Dutch pumpe pipe.

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pump²
noun

1. A light dancing shoe.
2. A plain, low-cut flat shoe for women.
3. A gymshoe or plimsoll.

Etymology: 16c.