pump: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with P · ends with P
Meaning of pump
noun
A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
Example: This pump can deliver 100 gallons of water per minute.
An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping.
Example: It takes thirty pumps to get 10 litres; he did 50 pumps of the weights.
A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump.
Example: This pump is out of order, but you can gas up at the next one.
A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
Listed forms: pumps.
Source: Wiktionary — pump.
verb
- intransitive, transitive
To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump.
Example: I've been pumping for over a minute but the water isn't coming through.
- transitive
To inject or pour (something) into someone or something in a manner similar to a pump.
- transitive
To gain something, especially information, from (a person) by persistent questioning.
- UK, slang, transitive
To have sex with; to sexually penetrate, especially with a thrusting motion.
Listed forms: pumps, pumping, pumped.
Source: Wiktionary — pump.
noun
- UK
A low-top shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas upper; a low-top canvas sneaker.
- Canada, US
A type of women's shoe which leaves the instep uncovered and has a relatively high heel, especially a stiletto (with a very high and thin heel)
Example: She was wearing a lovely new pair of pumps.
A dancing shoe.
A type of shoe without a heel.
Listed forms: pumps.
Source: Wiktionary — pump.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is pump in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of pump
P(3) + U(1) + M(3) + P(3) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of pump
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from pump
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