Meaning of pump | Babel Free

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

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.”

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