How to pronounce “pump”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
• An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping
• A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump.
• (bodybuilding, climbing) A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
• (colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
• (US, slang) The heart.
• (obsolete, vulgar, British slang) The vagina.
• [Verb]
• (transitive, intransitive) To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump. [from 16th c.]
• (transitive) To inject or pour (something) into someone or something in a manner similar to a pump.
• (obsolete) 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. [16th–19th c.]
• (transitive) To gain something, especially information, from (a person) by persistent questioning. [from 17th c.]
• (transitive, UK, slang) To have sex with; to sexually penetrate, especially with a thrusting motion. [from 18th c.]
• (transitive, intransitive) To express milk from (a breast) by means of a breast pump. [from 19th c.]
• (transitive, often followed by up) To fill with air by means of a pump; to inflate. [from 19th c.]
• (transitive) To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump. [from 19th c.]
• (bodybuilding) To enlarge the body by means of weightlifting or steroid use. [from 20th c.]
• (transitive) To shake (a person's hand) vigorously. [from 10th c.]
• (US, intransitive, slang) Of music: to be loud, to have strong bass and rhythms; (by extension) to be full of energy. [from 20th c.]
• (sports) To kick, throw, or hit the ball far and high.
• (British, slang, vulgar) To pass gas; to fart quietly.
• (computing) To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
• (colloquial) To inject silicone into the body in order to try to achieve a fuller or curvier look.
• To fire a bullet from a firearm.
• To load a shell into the chamber of a pump-action shotgun by pumping the mechanism.

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