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- [puhmp]
- /pʌmp/
- /pʌmp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [puhmp]
- /pʌmp/
Definitions of pump word
- noun pump a lightweight, low-cut shoe without fastenings for women. 1
- noun pump a slip-on black patent leather shoe for men, for wear with formal dress. 1
- verb with object pump to raise, drive, etc., with a pump. 1
- verb with object pump to free from water or other liquid by means of a pump. 1
- verb with object pump to inflate by pumping (often followed by up): to pump a tire up. 1
- verb with object pump to operate or move by an up-and-down or back-and-forth action. 1
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Origin of 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
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pump
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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".
pump usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pump
verb pump
- ask — If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- barraging — Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.
- blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- catapulted — an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.
noun pump
- babouche — a Middle-Eastern, particularly Turkish, heelless slipper
- boat shoe — a shoe, usually in a style somewhat like a moccasin, with a rubber sole suitable for walking on the deck of a boat
- bubbler — a drinking fountain in which the water is forced in a stream from a small vertical nozzle
- cowboy boot — a boot having a thick, angled heel of medium height and, usually, a pointed toe and ornamental stitching, tooling, etc.: traditionally worn by American cowboys
- footgear — covering for the feet, as shoes, boots, etc.
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