Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pump sb up
Participle: pumped sb up
Gerund: pumping sb up
Indicative
Present
| I | pump sb up |
| you | pump sb up |
| he;she;it | pumps sb up |
| we | pump sb up |
| you | pump sb up |
| they | pump sb up |
Perfect
| I | have pumped sb up |
| you | have pumped sb up |
| he;she;it | has pumped sb up |
| we | have pumped sb up |
| you | have pumped sb up |
| they | have pumped sb up |
Past
| I | pumped sb up |
| you | pumped sb up |
| he;she;it | pumped sb up |
| we | pumped sb up |
| you | pumped sb up |
| they | pumped sb up |
Pluperfect
| I | had pumped sb up |
| you | had pumped sb up |
| he;she;it | had pumped sb up |
| we | had pumped sb up |
| you | had pumped sb up |
| they | had pumped sb up |
Future
| I | will pump sb up |
| you | will pump sb up |
| he;she;it | will pump sb up |
| we | will pump sb up |
| you | will pump sb up |
| they | will pump sb up |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pumped sb up |
| you | will have pumped sb up |
| he;she;it | will have pumped sb up |
| we | will have pumped sb up |
| you | will have pumped sb up |
| they | will have pumped sb up |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pump sb up |
| you | pump sb up |
| he;she;it | pump sb up |
| we | pump sb up |
| you | pump sb up |
| they | pump sb up |
Perfect
| I | have pumped sb up |
| you | have pumped sb up |
| he;she;it | have pumped sb up |
| we | have pumped sb up |
| you | have pumped sb up |
| they | have pumped sb up |
Imperfect
| I | pumped sb up |
| you | pumped sb up |
| he;she;it | pumped sb up |
| we | pumped sb up |
| you | pumped sb up |
| they | pumped sb up |
Pluperfect
| I | had pumped sb up |
| you | had pumped sb up |
| he;she;it | had pumped sb up |
| we | had pumped sb up |
| you | had pumped sb up |
| they | had pumped sb up |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pump sb up |
| you | would pump sb up |
| he;she;it | would pump sb up |
| we | would pump sb up |
| you | would pump sb up |
| they | would pump sb up |
Perfect
| I | would have pumped sb up |
| you | would have pumped sb up |
| he;she;it | would have pumped sb up |
| we | would have pumped sb up |
| you | would have pumped sb up |
| they | would have pumped sb up |
Imperative
| you | pump sb up |
| we | Let's pump sb up |
| you | pump sb up |
Verbs conjugated like 'pump'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pump'
bump,
dump,
hump,
jump,
lump,
mump,
pamp,
pimp,
plump,
pomp,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. From Middle English pumpe, possibly from Middle Dutch pompe (“pipe, water conduit”) or Middle Low German pumpe (“pump”), probably ultimately imitative.
2. Compare Dutch pompen, German pumpen, and Danish pompe; also Spanish bomba (“pump”). See: Dutch '
pompen', German, old spelling '
pumpen', Danish '
pompe'.
Verbs referencing "pump"
Esperanto
pumpi, Thai
ปั๊ม, Tok Pisin pamim.
Sample Sentences
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I've been pumping for over a minute but the water isn't coming through.
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I've pumped over 1000 gallons of water in the last ten minutes.
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With each beat, your heart's left ventricle pumps blood into your arteries, which are all different sizes. [2026, Ginny Graves, “The Most Important Health Metric You're Not Tracking”, in Men's Health, volume 41, number 2, page 19:]
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The underlying cause of the warming is human activities pumping carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But the reasons why marine heating is speeding up now are far from clear. [2023 August 7, Clive Cookson, “Missing ice and bleached coral: the sudden warming of the oceans”, in Financial Times:]
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Pump him soundly, impudent Fellow. [1676, Thomas Shadwell, The Virtuoso:]
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‘So much the worse for him. I've had my eye on him for some time. He shall be prettily pumped upon.’ [1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book IV, chapter 37:]
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But pump not me for politics. [1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv'd:]
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I had no idea why he wanted to be sociable, but as we chatted in there it suddenly occurred to me the fellow was trying to get at something - in fact, pumping me. [1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 214:]
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Occasionally, I've thought about the positive side of being involved with someone with your privileges. I have thought that it's a relief that your parents have money. In a pinch, if something were to happen, to either one of us, you could pump your parents for money. I hope it never gets to that but it's nice knowing that there's some rich in-laws out there. [1990 February 4, Vanessa Nemeth, Stephanie Poggi, “Bumps And All”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 12:]
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"Did Dora just offer up that advice, or were you pumping her for information?" "Shoot, I outed my informant. I'm a terrible spy." [2017, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), Number 3509: Sensitive Information:]
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Thus to and again to our paſtime we went, / And my Cards I play'd fairly to Jenny's content; / I work'd at her Pump till my Sucker grew dry, / Then I left pumping, a good Reaſon why. [1750, “Ge ho, Dobbin or the Waggoner”, in The Tulip, page 2:]
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Pump my tight hole so long and hard that I can't walk or sit when you're done. [1990 December 9, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 12:]
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He pumped up the air-bed by hand, but used the service station air to pump up the tyres.
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I pumped my fist with joy when I won the race.
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The waves were really pumping this morning.
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Last night's party was really pumping.
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Blackburn pumped long balls towards Diouf as they became increasingly desperate to salvage a point, but Wigan held on for a win that may prove crucial in their quest for Premier League survival. [2011 February 5, Michael Da Silva, “Wigan 4 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:]
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People never pumped, just never never, but sometimes ye got smells. [2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 82:]
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Sure enough, rather than pumping a message to the Console window, you will now see a message box displaying your message [2006, Andrew Troelsen, Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform:]
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The CLR pumps messages automatically during a wait, reducing the likelihood of this but it can show up in native code. [2008, Joe Duffy, Concurrent Programming on Windows:]
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c. 2012, Microsoft, .NET Framework 4.5 documentation for Marshal.CleanupUnusedObjectsInCurrentContext
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The interop system pumps messages while it attempts to clean up RCWs.
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As quick as was el adrea, Tarzan of the Apes was quicker, and so the great beast crashed against a tree where he had expected to feel the soft flesh of man, while Tarzan, a couple of paces to the right, pumped another bullet into him that brought him clawing and roaring to his side. [1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 80:]
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He ran on, pumping another round up into his scattergun.