pump — [pʌmp] verb [transitive] pump money/millions etc into something FINANCE to put a lot of money into a business, plan etc: • The government has already pumped a huge amount of money into the project. * * * Ⅰ. pump UK US /pʌmp/ verb [I or T] ► … Financial and business terms
pump someone full of something — informal phrase to put a lot of a substance, especially a drug, into someone’s body He had been pumped full of sedatives. Thesaurus: to take, prescribe or administer a medicinehyponym Main entry: pump … Useful english dictionary
pump something into something — ˌpump sth ˈinto sth | ˌpump sth ˈin derived to put a lot of money into sth • He pumped all his savings into the business. Main entry: ↑pumpderived … Useful english dictionary
pump something in — ˌpump sth ˈinto sth | ˌpump sth ˈin derived to put a lot of money into sth • He pumped all his savings into the business. Main entry: ↑pumpderived … Useful english dictionary
pump — pump1 S3 [pʌmp] n [Sense: 1, 3; Date: 1400 1500; : Middle Low German; Origin: pumpe or Middle Dutch pompe, probably from Spanish bomba] [Sense: 2; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Origin unknown] 1.) a machine for forcing liquid or gas into or out of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Pump Up the Volume (song) — Infobox Single Name = Pump Up the Volume Artist = MARRS B side = Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance) Released = August 3, 1987 Format … Wikipedia
pump — 1 noun 1 (C) a machine for forcing liquid or gas into or out of something: water/air/beer etc pump (=for moving water/air etc) | hand/foot pump (=operated by your hand or foot) | petrol pump/gas pump (=for putting petrol or gas into cars) see… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Pump Up the Volume (film) — Infobox Film name = Pump Up the Volume image size = caption = Theatrical poster director = Allan Moyle producer = Syd Cappe Sara Risher Sandy Stern Nicolas Stiliadis writer = Allan Moyle starring = Christian Slater Samantha Mathis music = Cliff… … Wikipedia
Pump — For information on Wikipedia project related discussions, see . A pump is a device used to move gases, liquids or slurries. A pump moves liquids or gases from lower pressure to higher pressure, and overcomes this difference in pressure by adding… … Wikipedia
pump — pump1 pumpable, adj. pumpless, adj. pumplike, adj. /pump/, n. 1. an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes. 2. Engin., Building Trades. a shore … Universalium
Pump It Up — Infobox VG title = Pump It Up developer = Andamiro/F2/Freevolt/Nexcade publisher = Andamiro designer = release = August/October 1999 genre = Music modes = Single player using five or ten panels or two players using five panels each cabinet =… … Wikipedia