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pump   (TTS Sound)

The noun pump has 3 senses

• pump -- (a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction)


• heart, pump, ticker -- (the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly")


• pump -- (a low-cut shoe without fastenings)

The verb pump has 8 senses

• pump -- (operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal; "pump the gas pedal")


• pump -- (deliver forth; "pump bullets into the dummy")


• pump -- (draw or pour with a pump)


• pump -- (supply in great quantities; "Pump money into a project")


• pump -- (flow intermittently)


• pump -- (move up and down; "The athlete pumps weights in the gym")


• pump -- (raise (gases or fluids) with a pump)


• pump -- (question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information")