Meaning

17 senses
  1. (intransitive, transitive)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.

    I've pumped over 1000 gallons of water in the last ten minutes.

    pumpen, pumpen

    кача́тьkačátʹ, нака́чиватьnakáčivatʹ, накача́тьnakačátʹ

    operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal

  2. (transitive)To inject or pour (something) into someone or something in a manner similar to a pump.

    draw or pour with a pump

  3. (transitive)To gain something, especially information, from (a person) by persistent questioning.

    nachhaken, insistieren

  4. (UK, slang, transitive)To have sex with; to sexually penetrate, especially with a thrusting motion.

  5. (intransitive, transitive)To express milk from (a breast) by means of a breast pump.

  6. (often, transitive)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.

    aufpumpen

  7. (transitive)To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.

    I pumped my fist with joy when I won the race.

    move up and down

  8. To enlarge the body by means of weightlifting or steroid use.

  9. (transitive)To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.

  10. (US, intransitive, slang)Of music: to be loud, to have strong bass and rhythms; (by extension) to be full of energy.

    The waves were really pumping this morning.

    Last night's party was really pumping.

  11. To kick, throw, or hit the ball far and high.

    wegdreschen

  12. (UK, slang, vulgar)To pass gas; to fart quietly.

Examples

122 sentences
  1. Where's the bike pump?

    Де велосипедний насос?

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  2. Could you show me how to use this pump?

    ruВы не могли бы мне показать, как пользоваться этим насосом?

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  3. The village people had to pump water from the well by hand.

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  4. The function of the heart is to pump blood.

    ruФункция сердца — перекачивать кровь.

    deDie Funktion des Herzens ist es, Blut zu pumpen.

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  5. The pump didn't work properly.

    ruНасос толком не работал.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
transitive: to use a pump to move liquid or gas:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
slang: to be going very well:
transitive: to use a pump to move liquid or gas:
to gain information by persistent questioning:
to fill with air:
sports: to kick, throw or hit the ball far and high:

Origin

From Middle English pumpe, possibly from Middle Dutch pompe (“pipe, water conduit”) or Mid

From Middle English pumpe, possibly from Middle Dutch pompe (“pipe, water conduit”) or Middle Low German pumpe (“pump”), probably ultimately imitative.

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Forms

pumps, pumping, pumped, pumped
Base formpump · to pump
3rd person singularpumps
Present participlepumping
Past simplepumped
Past participlepumped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypump
he, she, itpumps

Past simpleLesson

all personspumped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pumped
he, she, ithas pumped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pump

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

225 synonyms

Word family

110 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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