pump

Definitions

1. A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
2. A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas
3. A low-top shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas upper; a low-top canvas sneaker.
   British
4. An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping
5. 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)
   Canada, US
6. A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump
7. A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump.
8. A dancing shoe.
9. A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting
10. A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
11. A type of shoe without a heel.
12. A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender
13. A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
    colloquial
14. The heart.
    US, slang
15. The vagina.
    British, obsolete, slang, vulgar

Equivalents

53 more languages

Afrikaanspomp

العربيةالمضخّةضخطرمبةطلمبةمضخة+ 2 more

Azərbaycan dilinasos

Българскипомпа

བོད་སྐད།ཆུ་འཐེན་འཕྲུལ་བྱདཕུ་མདའ

Bosanskibombacrpkapumpapumpošmrkпумпашмрк+ 4 more

Catalàbombabombarmanxa

Češtinačerpacíčerpadločerpadlovýčerpatpumpa+ 2 more

Cymraegpwmp

Danskpumpe

Ελληνικάαντλητικόςαντλίααντλώγόβατρόμπα+ 2 more

Esperantopumpipumpilopumpo

Euskaraponpa

فارسیپمپتلمبه

Suomiavokaskyytipiikkikorkokenkäpumpatapumppauspumppuritsitanssikenkätykittääveivatavispata+ 8 more

Gaeilgepumpataosc

Gàidhligbròg-dannsa

Galegobombear

עבריתמשאבה

हिन्दीपंपबंबा

Hrvatskibombacrpkapumpapumpošmrkпумпашмрк+ 4 more

Magyarpumpaszivattyú

Հայերենպոմպ

Bahasa Indonesiapom-pompompa

Íslenskadæla

Italianopompapompare

日本語パンプスポンプ喞筒汲+ 1 more

ქართულიტუმბო

Қазақ тілісорапсорғысорғыш

ភាសាខ្មែរស្នប់

한국어뽐프펌프

Kurdîbombombapompa

Latinaantlia

Latviešusūknis

Македонскипумпа

Монголхөөрөг

Bahasa Melayupam

မြန်မာလေထိုးတံ

Nederlandspomppompen

Polskipompa

Portuguêsbombabombearbombeioestar bombando+ 1 more

Românăpompăpompare

Русскийкача́тьколонканакачатьнакачиватьНасоспамппа́мпингпо́мпа+ 5 more

Slovenčinačerpadlo

Српскиbombacrpkapumpapumpošmrkпумпашмрк+ 4 more

Svenskapumppumpapumps

KiswahiliPampu

తెలుగుతోడుపంపు

ไทยปั๊มสูบเครื่องสูบเครื่องสูบน้ำเครื่องสูบลม+ 2 more

Tagalogposo

Türkçepompatulumba

Українськанасоспо́мпа

Tiếng Việtbombơmđồ

Examples

“This pump can deliver⟳ 100 gallons of water per minute.”

“It takes thirty pumps to get⟳ 10 litres; he did 50 pumps of the weights.”

“This pump is out of order⟳, but you can gas up at the next one.”

“Trump thinks: If I can actually end⟳ this war and lift⟳ sanctions on Russia, Russian oil will swamp the global market, it’ll drive⟳ down the price of gasoline at the pump and I will win⟳ the midterms.”

“Want⟳ a skin-stretching pump? Up the volume by using high-rep sets. A great pump is better than coming.”

“She gave the other girl a pump on her new bike.”

“Thus to and again to our paſtime we went, / And my Cards I play'd fairly to Jenny's content; / I work'd at her Pump till my Sucker grew dry, / Then I left pumping, a good Reaſon why.”

“She was wearing a lovely new pair of pumps.”

“Gabriel's pumps were all unpinkt i' th' heel”

“Ballerine - or ballet pumps - are the Milanese woman's footwear 'de rigeur', and not just because there are so many cobbled streets to walk⟳ over and are therefore infinitely preferable to heels.”

CEFR level