Definizione monolingua

pump

pump (third-person singular simple present pumps, present participle pumping, simple past and past participle pumped)

1. (transitive) To use a pump to move (liquid or gas).

   Ive pumped over 1000 gallons of water in the last ten minutes.

2. (transitive) (often followed by up) To fill with air.

   He pumped up the air-bed by hand, but used the service station air to pump up the tyres.

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

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

   • 2010, Jack Engelhard, Indecent Proposal - Page 229

     Then he raised her and turned her around and as she pumped from a sitting position his left hand palmed her left breast and the ringers of his right hand were jammed inside her cunt along with his upright penis.

4. (transitive) To shake (a persons hand) vigorously.
5. (transitive) To gain information from (a person) by persistent questioning.
6. (intransitive) To use a pump to move liquid or gas.

   Ive been pumping for over a minute but the water isnt coming through.

7. (intransitive) (slang) To be going very well.

   The waves were really pumping this morning.

   Last nights party was really pumping.

8. (sports) To kick, throw or hit the ball far and high.
   • 2011 February 5, Michael Da Silva, “Wigan 4 - 3 Blackburn”, BBC:

     Blackburn pumped long balls towards Diouf as they became increasingly desperate to salvage a point, but Wigan held on for a win that may prove crucial in their quest for Premier League survival.

9. (Scotland, slang) To pass gas; to fart.
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 82:

     People never pumped, just never never, but sometimes ye got smells.

pump (plural pumps)

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.

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

4. (bodybuilding) A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
   • 2010, Eric Velazquez, ""Power Pairings"", Reps! 17:83

     Want a skin-stretching pump? Up the volume by using high-rep sets.

5. (colloquial) 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. (US, obsolete, slang) The heart.

pump (before nouns pum)

1. (cardinal) five

Definizione dizionario pump

	pompa
	device for moving liquid or gas
	A machine that draws a fluid into itself through an entrance port and forces the fluid out through an exhaust port.(Source: MGH)

	pompare
	use a pump to move liquid or gas
	To use a pump to move (liquid or gas).

ballerina

gonfiare

scarpa da ginnastica

Altri significati:

instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping

device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, especially fuel

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

(bodybuilding) A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.

(colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.

(intransitive) To use a pump to move liquid or gas.

(UK) A type of shoe, a trainer or sneaker.

A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.

(intransitive) (slang) To be going very well.

(chiefly North America) A type of very high-heeled shoe; stilettoes.

(US, obsolete, slang) The heart.

A dancing shoe.

to fill with air

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

(sports) To kick, throw or hit the ball far and high.

(transitive) ( '''often followed by''' up ) To fill with air.

(transitive) To gain information from (a person) by persistent questioning.

slang: heart

(transitive) To use a pump to move (liquid or gas).

draw (water)

An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping

move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump

A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel.