List of antonyms from "pump iron" to antonyms from "puny"


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Definition of the day : « pumping up »

  • 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