Antonyms for pump

Grammar : Verb

Spell : puhmp

Phonetic Transcription : pʌmp

Definition of pump

Origin : "apparatus for forcing liquid or air," early 15c., of uncertain origin, possibly from Middle Dutch pompe "water conduit, pipe," or Middle Low German pumpe "pump" (Modern German Pumpe), both from some North Sea sailors' word, possibly of imitative origin.

verb draw or push out
verb question relentlessly

Example sentences :

Do, some kind Christian, pump a stroke or two, just to wet my whistle.
Extract from : « A Rill from the Town Pump (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

No—but it will make them exceedingly uncomfortable for a time—I'm going to pump them out.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

The pump was quite as much admired as the 'Jupiter,' and it proved as great a failure.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

There's not such a spring in England as the pump under the archway.
Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens

She put two and two together—the pump, the laugh, and Jane Cotton's Sam.
Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

That pump ain't been used stiddy for some little while back.
Extract from : « W. A. G.'s Tale » by Margaret Turnbull

I stood watching him, and he said, "Why don't you ease the pump?"
Extract from : « W. A. G.'s Tale » by Margaret Turnbull

They have to pump ahead to save what remained of their capital stock.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

And he reverts into a stupor, leaving the world to the poet and the pump.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

As soon as he begins to run the blood will pump into that sore leg and he'll quit.
Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

Synonyms for pump

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