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pumping

[puhm-ping]

noun

  1. the act or process of pumping or the action of a pump.

  2. Meteorology.rapid change in the height of the column in a mercury barometer, resulting from fluctuations in the surrounding air pressure.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of pumping1

First recorded in 1590–1600; pump 1 + -ing 1
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Labour is pumping significant amounts of extra cash into public services.

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I worked a very early shift at Sony Pictures, pumping out film grosses seven days a week, and he managed a co-owned restaurant in Hollywood with a shift closing late at night.

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He went to work pumping gas and changing oil until he was drafted into the U.S.

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The grandiose overreach of the second Trump regime has clearly fueled a normie backlash in many parts of the world, pumping new life into mainstream political parties that had seemed to be in terminal decline.

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The Portuguese fire brigade helped on the first day, pumping out an old well so it could be safely searched.

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