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prime the pump

prime the pump
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [prahym stressed th ee puhmp]
    • /praɪm stressed ði pʌmp/
    • /praɪm ðə pʌmp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [prahym stressed th ee puhmp]
    • /praɪm stressed ði pʌmp/

Definitions of prime the pump words

  • noun prime the pump an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes. 1
  • noun prime the pump Engineering, Building Trades. a shore having a jackscrew in its foot for adjusting the length or for bearing more firmly against the structure to be sustained. 1
  • noun prime the pump Biology. an animal organ that propels fluid through the body; heart. 1
  • noun prime the pump Cell Biology. a system that supplies energy for transport against a chemical gradient, as the sodium pump for the transfer of sodium and potassium ions across a cell membrane. 1
  • verb with object prime the pump to raise, drive, etc., with a pump. 1
  • verb with object prime the pump to free from water or other liquid by means of a pump. 1
See all 22 definitions of prime the pump

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Origin of prime the pump

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English pumpe (noun); cognate with German Pumpe, Dutch pomp

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Parts of speech for Prime the pump

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Prime the pump

prime the pump popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for prime the pump

verb prime the pump

  • angeled — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
  • angeling — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
  • finance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
  • grubstake — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
  • angel — Angels are spiritual beings that some people believe are God's servants in heaven.
All 7 Synonyms of prime the pump

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