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Webster 1913 Edition


Pumping

Pump′ing

,
Adj.
&
Noun.
from
pump
.
Pumping engine
,
a steam engine and pump combined for raising water. See
Steam engine
.

Definition 2024


pumping

pumping

English

Verb

pumping

  1. present participle of pump

Derived terms

Noun

pumping (countable and uncountable, plural pumpings)

  1. The act by which something is pumped.
    • 2010, Nancy Mohrbacher, ‎Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Breastfeeding Made Simple
      Focus on the number of pumpings per day, not the time between pumpings.