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Pump

noun

A mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction.

The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body. Synonyms: heart, ticker.

A low-cut shoe without fastenings.

verb

(past & past part. pumped; pres. part. pumping)

Operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal.

Deliver forth.

Draw or pour with a pump.

Supply in great quantities.

Flow intermittently.

Move up and down.

Raise (gases or fluids) with a pump.

Question persistently.

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"Pump" Quotes from Famous Books

... won't." "Then you shan't have the street-door key." This was spoken to each other through the closed door. A pause, then the door opened. "You are coming Jenny." We went downstairs into the kitchen, she had brandy and water, and so had I. It was a hot day, the pump-water was deliriously cool, I made hers as strong as she would take it,—it was an instinct of mine. She got her colour back, and became talkative, we talked about her fainting, but she tried to ...

— My Secret Life, Volumes I. to III. - 1888 Edition • Anonymous

... seated under the apple tree, would order Milly to water the flowers from the pump; and taking her switch and calling Milly close, she would give her a sharp rap or two around the bare legs (for that was expected), and tell her that if she didn't stop being so trifling, she would ...

— The Reign of Law - A Tale of the Kentucky Hemp Fields • James Lane Allen

... about. There was a great sign on the house at the junction—"Monticello Hotel,"—and on the edge of the sidewalk a pump, which the little girl thought funny. They dipped the water out of the spring at home—they had not given up saying that about the old place. There was no need of a pump, and at grandmother's they had ...

— A Little Girl in Old New York • Amanda Millie Douglas

... 'this.' What is the great attraction of this to a boy? Why, it's nothing but dry history," said Mr. Middleton, with an amused smile, while he tried to "pump" the poor lad. ...

— Ishmael - In the Depths • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

... regained consciousness, I was lying on the bed still, but Craig was bending over me. He had just taken a rubber cap off my face, to which was attached a rubber tube that ran to a box perhaps as large as a suitcase, containing a pump of some kind. ...

— The Gold of the Gods • Arthur B. Reeve

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