noun
- A mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction.
- The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body.
- usage: "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
- A low-cut shoe without fastenings.
verb
- Operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal.
- usage: "pump the gas pedal"
- Deliver forth.
- usage: "pump bullets into the dummy"
- Draw or pour with a pump.
- Supply in great quantities.
- usage: "Pump money into a project"
- Flow intermittently.
- Move up and down.
- usage: "The athlete pumps weights in the gym"
- Raise (gases or fluids) with a pump.
- Question persistently.
- usage: "She pumped the witnesses for information"
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