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noun
A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bodybuilding, climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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noun
The heart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
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noun
The vagina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete, slang, vulgar
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Synonyms: axe wound, bearded clam, beaver, berk, bonne bouche, box, bun, bush, cavern, clunge, coin slot, cooch, coochie, cookie, cooter, cooze, crack, crevice, cunny, cunt, fanny, fish lips, foo-foo, front bottom, front bum, front hole, gash, ginch, girl, Grand Canyon, honeypot, hoo-ha, innie, juice box, kebab, kitty, la-la, love box, love tunnel, minge, minnie, monosyllable, moocha, muff, muffin, nonny, pee-pee, penis fly trap, pink, pink bits, poontang, pump, punani, pussy, quim, sausage wallet, sheath, slit, snapper, snatch, squish mitten, stench trench, strange, sugar walls, tuppence, trap, twat, twinkle, vadge, vag, vagina, vaginer, va-jay-jay, vertical smile, Vicky, Victoria, Virginia, vulva, wee-wee, whisker biscuit, wizard's sleeve
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noun
A low-top shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas upper; a low-top canvas sneaker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Synonyms: gym shoe, dap, plimsoll, sneaker
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A type of women's shoe which leaves the instep uncovered and has a relatively high heel, especially a stiletto (with a very high and thin heel)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
Synonyms: court shoe
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A dancing shoe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A type of shoe without a heel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
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verb
To inject or pour (something) into someone or something in a manner similar to a pump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To put (a person or part of the body) under a stream of water from a pump, as a punishment or as a form of medical treatment; to force a pump of water upon or on someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To gain something, especially information, from (a person) by persistent questioning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: grill, interrogate
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verb
To have sex with; to sexually penetrate, especially with a thrusting motion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang, transitive
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Synonyms: bang, approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh, have intimate relations, have marital relations, have sex, have sexual relations, intercourse, know, know someone in the biblical sense, make love, mate, share a bed, sleep together, strain, bauf, beat, bone, boff, boink, bonk, bop, bounce, breed, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, clap cheeks, dance, discuss Uganda, dip one's pen in someone's inkwell, do it, do the deed, do the nasty, eff, engender, expletive deleted, frack, frak, frick, frig, fuck, get busy, get down, get freaky, get it, get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get lucky, get one's dick wet, get one's end away, get one's freak on, get one's groove on, get one's leg over, get one's oats, get physical, get some, get the dirty water off one's chest, graft the forked tree, go all the way, haul one's ashes, have it away, have it off, hide the salami, hide the sausage, hide the wienie, hike the Appalachian Trail, hook up, hump, jig-jig, knock boots, lay pipe, lay the pipe, make it, make out, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, meddle, ming, Netflix and chill, penetrate, pipe, pipe down, play, play hide the sausage, pound, rail, ride, rock and roll, roger, roll around, root, screw, see someone's etchings, sex, shag, shaboink, shelve, show someone one's etchings, slap bellies, stick, tumble, Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, go to bed with, have, lie by, lie with, love, mount, occupy, season, seduce, sleep with, take, Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with", Informal and slang terms, ball, beep, be with, boom-boom, dick, diddle, dig out, do, doink, drill, fill, get into someone's pants, get over on, get up in, give someone one, give someone the time, go with, have one's way with, have one's wicked way with, hit, jape, jump, jump someone's bones, knob, knock, knock off, lay, love up, make, nail, plough, plug, poke, pork, prig, pump, ravage, ream, rock, run through, rut, sard, schlong, see to, service, shaft, slay, slip it to, smash, smush, stallionize, swive, tap, tup, wap
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verb
To express milk from (a breast) by means of a breast pump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
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verb
To fill with air by means of a pump; to inflate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: often, transitive
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verb
To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To enlarge the body by means of weightlifting or steroid use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bodybuilding, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: big up, lift, pump iron
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: handshake
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verb
Of music: to be loud, to have strong bass and rhythms; (by extension) to be full of energy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, intransitive, slang
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verb
To kick, throw, or hit the ball far and high.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
To pass gas; to fart quietly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang, vulgar
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Synonyms: trump, badger, blow off, break ass, break wind, bust ass, crepitate, curmur, cut one, cut one loose, cut the cheese, drop a bomb, drop one's guts, fart, flatulate, grunt, guff, let fluffy off the chain, let loose, let one go, let one loose, let one rip, let rip, pass gas, pass wind, poop, poot, pump, rip ass, rip one, squeeze one out, step on a duck, step on a frog, toot
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verb
To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To inject silicone into the body in order to try to achieve a fuller or curvier look.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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verb
To fire a bullet from a firearm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To load a shell into the chamber of a pump-action shotgun by pumping the mechanism.
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noun
a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mechanical device
Narrower terms: air pump, vacuum pump, aspirator, auxiliary pump, donkey pump, bicycle pump, bilge pump, centrifugal pump, force pump, gas pump, gasoline pump, petrol pump, island dispenser, grease-gun, gun, hand pump, heart-lung machine, hydraulic pump, hydraulic ram, lift pump, oil pump, stirrup pump, suction pump, water pump
noun
a low-cut shoe without fastenings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: shoe
Narrower terms: spectator pump, spectator
noun
the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: heart, ticker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: internal organ, viscus
Narrower terms: athlete's heart, biauriculate heart
verb
question persistently
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: question, query
verb
deliver forth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: blast, shoot
verb
operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wield, handle, manage
Narrower terms: goose
verb
raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
verb
move up and down
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: move, displace
verb
draw or pour with a pump
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Broader terms: draw, take out
verb
flow intermittently
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: spurt, spirt, gush, spout
verb
supply in great quantities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish
History
From Middle English pumpe, possibly from Middle Dutch pompe (“pipe, water conduit”) or Middle Low German pumpe (“pump”), probably ultimately imitative. Compare Dutch pompen, German pumpen, and Danish pompe; also Spanish bomba (“pump”).
The etymology of the term is unclear and disputed. One possibility is that it comes from pomp (“ornamentation”). Another is that it refers to the sound made by the foot moving inside the shoe when dancing. 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 پاپوش (pâpuš), borrowed from Arabic بَابُوش (bābūš).
Across languages
221 source translations are retained for this English entry.
