pump

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Noun

1. A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
   • This pump can deliver 100 gallons of water per minute.
2. 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.
3. 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.
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.
   • She gave the other girl a pump on her new bike.
6. The heart.
7. The vagina.

Verb

1. To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
   • I've been pumping for over a minute but the water isn't coming through.
   • I've pumped over 1000 gallons of water in the last ten minutes.
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.
   • He pumped up the air-bed by hand, but used the service station air to pump up the tyres.
8. To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.
   • I pumped my fist with joy when I won the race.
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; to be full of energy.
    • The waves were really pumping this morning.
    • Last night's party was really pumping.
12. To kick, throw, or hit the ball far and high.
13. To pass gas; to fart quietly.
14. To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
15. To inject silicone into the body in order to try to achieve a fuller or curvier look.
16. To fire a bullet from a firearm.
17. To load a shell into the chamber of a pump-action shotgun by pumping the mechanism.
    • He ran on, pumping another round up into his scattergun.

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)
   • She was wearing a lovely new pair of pumps.
3. A dancing shoe.
4. A type of shoe without a heel.(Can we add an example for this sense?)

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