Synonyms for pump


Grammar : Verb
Spell : puhmp
Phonetic Transcription : pÊŒmp

Top 10 synonyms for pump Other synonyms for the word pump

Définition 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

Antonyms for pump

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