pump

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
2. An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping
3. A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump.
4. A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
5. (colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
6. (US, slang) The heart.
7. (British, obsolete, slang, vulgar) The vagina.

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump.
2. (transitive) To inject or pour (something) into someone or something in a manner similar to a pump.
3. (obsolete) To put (a person or part of the body) under a stream of water from a pump, as a punishment or as a form of medical treatment; to force a pump of water upon or on someone.
4. (transitive) To gain something, especially information, from (a person) by persistent questioning.
5. (UK, slang, transitive) To have sex with; to sexually penetrate, especially with a thrusting motion.
6. (intransitive, transitive) To express milk from (a breast) by means of a breast pump.
7. (often, transitive) To fill with air by means of a pump; to inflate.
8. (transitive) To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.
9. To enlarge the body by means of weightlifting or steroid use.
10. (transitive) To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.
11. (US, intransitive, slang) Of music: to be loud, to have strong bass and rhythms; (by extension) to be full of energy.
12. To kick, throw, or hit the ball far and high.
13. (British, slang, vulgar) To pass gas; to fart quietly.
14. To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
15. (colloquial) To inject silicone into the body in order to try to achieve a fuller or curvier look.
16. To fire a bullet from a firearm.
17. To load a shell into the chamber of a pump-action shotgun by pumping the mechanism.

Sinonieme

water pump

heart

❤️

pump air

draw

ticker

syringe

💉

inflate

diaphragm

dip

disgorge

drain

elevate

evacuate

film

📽️

filter

fire

🔥

force

gun

🔫

haul

inflator

inject

irrigate

jockey

ladle

lavish

membrane

milk

🥛

pip

plimsolls

pour

pressurize

pumping

pumps

quarry

rocket

🚀

scoop

sharpshoot

shoot

shoot down

shower

🚿

siphon

slipper

standpipe

stilettoes

suck

surge

tap

draw into

water cannon

waterhole

Vertalings

pompe

Pumpe

pompa

pomper

bomba

💣

bomba

💣

pomp

αντλία

pompare

bombear

pompen

bombear

pumpen

αντλώ

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pʌmp/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: pumpe

Verwante met Nederlands: pompen

Verwante met Duits: pumpen

Verwante met Deens: pompe

In summary

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”).