pump
/pʌmp/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
noun
A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump.
noun
A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle English pumpe, possibly from Middle Dutch pompe (“pipe, water conduit”) or Middle Low German pumpe (“pump”), probably ultimately imitative. Compare Dutch pompen, German pumpen, and Danish pompe; also Spanish bomba (“pump”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: pumpe, pompe, pampoesje, pampus, پاپوش, بَابُوش
Usage
- Colloquial
- American usage
- Slang
- British usage
- Obsolete
- Intransitive verb
- Transitive verb
- Canadian usage