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Webster 1913 Edition

Pump

Pump

(pŭmp)
,
Noun.
[Probably so called as being worn for
pomp
or ornament. See
Pomp
.]
A low shoe with a thin sole.
Swift.

Pump

,
Noun.
[Akin to D.
pomp
, G.
pumpe
, F.
pompe
; of unknown origin.]
An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston.
☞ for various kinds of pumps, see
Air pump
,
Chain pump
, and
Force pump
; also, under
Lifting
,
Plunger
,
Rotary
, etc.
Circulating pump
(Steam Engine)
,
a pump for driving the condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a surface condenser.
–
Pump brake
.
See
Pump handle
, below.
–
Pump dale
.
See
Dale
.
–
Pump gear
,
the apparatus belonging to a pump.
Totten.
–
Pump handle
,
the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is given to the bucket of a pump.
–
Pump hood
,
a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper wheel of a chain pump.
–
Pump rod
,
the rod to which the bucket of a pump is fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle; the piston rod.
–
Pump room
,
a place or room at a mineral spring where the waters are drawn and drunk.
[Eng.]
–
Pump spear
.
Same as
Pump rod
, above.
–
Pump stock
,
the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump.
–
Pump well
.
(Naut.)
See
Well
.

Pump

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pumped
(pŭmt; 215)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
pumping
.]
1.
To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
2.
To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump;
as, they
pumped
the well dry; to
pump
a ship.
3.
Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc.
But
pump
not me for politics.
Otway.

Pump

,
Verb.
I.
To work, or raise water, a pump.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pump

PUMP

,
Noun.
[The L. bombus is of the same family, as is the Eng.bombast.]
1.
A hydraulic engine for raising water, by exhausting the incumbent air of a tube or pipe, in consequence of which the water rises in the tube by means of the pressure of the air on the surrounding water. There is however a forcing pump in which the water is raised in the tube by a force applied to a lateral tube, near the bottom of the pump.
2.
A shoe with a thin sole.

PUMP

,
Verb.
I.
To work a pump; to raise water with a pump.

PUMP

,
Verb.
T.
To raise with a pump; as, to pump water.
1.
To draw out by artful interrogatories; as, to pump put secrets.
2.
To examine by artful questions for the purpose of drawing out secrets.
But pump not me for politics.
Chain-pump, is a chain equipped with a sufficient number of valves at proper distances, which working on two wheels, passes down through one tube and returns through another.

Definition 2024

pump

pump

English

Noun

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.
      A great pump is better than coming. (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
  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.
Translations

Verb

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).
    I've 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.‎
  4. (transitive) To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.
  5. (transitive) To gain information from (a person) by persistent questioning.
    • Otway
      But pump not me for politics.
  6. (intransitive) To use a pump to move liquid or gas.
    I've been pumping for over a minute but the water isn't coming through.‎
  7. (intransitive, slang) To be going very well.
    The waves were really pumping this morning.‎
    Last night's 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”, in 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.
  10. (computing) To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 documentation for Marshal.CleanupUnusedObjectsInCurrentContext
      The interop system pumps messages while it attempts to clean up RCWs.
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Etymology 2

The etymology of the term is unclear and disputed. One possibility is that it comes from "Pomp" (i.e. ornamentation), claimed in Skeat & Skeat's A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (ISBN 9781596050921), and another is that it refers to the sound made by the foot moving inside the shoe when dancing, suggested as a probable source in Chambers's etymological dictionary (James Donald - Published by W. and R. Chambers, 1867). The Oxford English Dictionary claims that it appeared in the 16th century, and lists its origin as "obscure". It has also been linked to the Dutch pampoesje, possibly borrowed from Javanese "pampus", ultimately from Persian (papush) / Arabic (babush) (International archives of ethnography: Volume 9 - Intern. Gesellschaft für Ethnographie; Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië - Ter Lands-drukkerij, 1870).

Noun

pump ‎(plural pumps)

  1. (Britain) A type of shoe, a trainer or sneaker.
  2. (chiefly Canada, US) A type of very high-heeled shoe; stilettoes.
    She was wearing a lovely new pair of pumps.‎
  3. A dancing shoe.
  4. A type of shoe without a heel (source: Dictionarium Britannicum - 1736)
References
  • Some images.
  • 1591 "Gabriel's pumps were all unpinkt i' th' heel" -- The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare
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Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

pump

  1. imperative of pumpe

Swedish

Noun

pump c

  1. a pump

Declension

Inflection of pump 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pump pumpen pumpar pumparna
Genitive pumps pumpens pumpars pumparnas

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References

Welsh

Welsh cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : pump
    Ordinal : pumed
Welsh Wikipedia article on pump

Alternative forms

  • pum (when followed by a singular noun)

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *pɨmp, from Proto-Celtic *kʷinkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

Numeral

pump ‎(before nouns pum)

  1. (cardinal) five

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pump bump mhump phump
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology

From Middle English pumpe, possibly from Middle Dutch pompe ‎(“pipe, water conduit”) or Middle Low German pumpe ‎(“pump”). Compare Dutch pompen, German pumpen, and Danish pompe.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pŭmp, IPA(key): /pʌmp/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmp

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