Antonyms for pumping up


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : puhmp
Phonetic Transcription : pÊŒmp


Definition of pumping up

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.
  • As in approval : noun good opinion
  • As in kudos : noun praise, acclaim
  • As in recognition : noun appreciation given
  • As in acclaim : noun expression of approval
  • As in commendation : noun giving of praise; acclaim
  • As in inflate : verb blow up, increase
  • As in blow up : verb inflate
  • As in vitalize : verb energize
  • As in energize : verb activate; give more life
  • As in fill : verb to put in and occupy the whole of
Example sentences :
  • Some were for pumping up water, some for sawing logs, and some for grinding grain.
  • Extract from : « Rollo in Holland » by Jacob Abbott
  • He very likely carries a bagful of golf-sticks, or is pumping up his bicycle.
  • Extract from : « Back Home » by Eugene Wood
  • It was pumping up the food from its craw, in the same way that a pigeon does.
  • Extract from : « In a Cheshire Garden » by Geoffrey Egerton-Warburton
  • It was a slanting trench, indefinitely deep, and pumping up blood from the bottom.
  • Extract from : « The Debatable Land » by Arthur Colton
  • Powerful steam-engines, for pumping up sewage from low levels, are used as they are required.
  • Extract from : « Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood » by Anonymous
  • The heat produced in pumping up a bicycle tire is the classic example of the latter fact.
  • Extract from : « Meteorology » by Charles Fitzhugh Talman
  • Wishing to do the trick alone, Jim had taken no chauffeur; and he wasn't as expert at pumping up tyres as at breaking in bronchos.
  • Extract from : « The Brightener » by C. N. Williamson
  • It was when I was pumping up that new inner tube that I decided to domesticate my automobile.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures Of A Suburbanite » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • Farther on the party came to an immense wind mill, which was employed in pumping up water.
  • Extract from : « Rollo in Holland » by Jacob Abbott
  • It has then exhausted all the dodges of puffery in pumping up an unusual degree of excitement.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 » by Various

Synonyms for pumping up

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