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pumped up

pump
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [puhmp]
    • /pʌmp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [puhmp]
    • /pʌmp/

Definitions of pumped up words

  • noun pumped up 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 pumped up 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 pumped up Biology. an animal organ that propels fluid through the body; heart. 1
  • noun pumped up 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 pumped up to raise, drive, etc., with a pump. 1
  • verb with object pumped up to free from water or other liquid by means of a pump. 1
See all 21 definitions of pumped up

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Origin of pumped up

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 Pumped up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Pumped up

pumped up 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 pumped up

adj pumped up

  • assured — Someone who is assured is very confident and relaxed.
  • built — Built is the past tense and past participle of build.
  • dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
  • hyped up — intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated: an economy hyped-up by arms spending.
  • hyped-up — intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated: an economy hyped-up by arms spending.

adjective pumped up

  • aggrandized — Simple past tense and past participle of aggrandize.
  • amplified — Simple past tense and past participle of amplify.
  • augmented — (of an interval) increased or expanded from the state of being perfect or major by the raising of the higher note or the dropping of the lower note by one semitone
  • dilated — Simple past tense and past participle of dilate.
  • euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
All 15 Synonyms of pumped up

Antonyms for pumped up

adj pumped up

  • laid back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
  • low key — of reduced intensity; restrained; understated.
  • low-key — of reduced intensity; restrained; understated.

adjective pumped up

  • compressed — Compressed air or gas is squeezed into a small space or container and is therefore at a higher pressure than normal. It is used especially as a source of power for machines.
  • contracted — under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.
  • doubted — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
All 6 Antonyms of pumped up

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