First you have to pump some air into the ball to make it hard.
•I pumped in the air.
•The hospital oxygen system pumped life-giving oxygen into Karen's lungs.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
pump — pump1 [ pʌmp ] noun count ** 1. ) a piece of equipment for making a liquid or gas move into or out of something: an air/a fuel pump a hand/foot pump (=one that you work with your hand or foot) 2. ) usually plural a plain woman s shoe that has a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pump — I UK [pʌmp] / US noun [countable] Word forms pump : singular pump plural pumps ** 1) a piece of equipment for making a liquid or gas move into or out of something an air/a fuel pump a hand/foot pump (= operated with your hand or foot) 2) [usually … English dictionary
pump — [[t]pʌ̱mp[/t]] ♦♦♦ pumps, pumping, pumped 1) N COUNT A pump is a machine or device that is used to force a liquid or gas to flow in a particular direction. ...pumps that circulate the fuel around in the engine... There was no water in the… … English dictionary
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 — 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 — 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 — 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*/ — [pʌmp] noun [C] I a piece of equipment for sending a liquid or gas into or out of something a fuel pump[/ex] a hand/foot pump (= operated with your hand or foot)[/ex] II verb pump */[pʌmp] 1) [T] to send liquid or gas somewhere, especially by… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
pump — pump1 noun 1》 a mechanical device using suction or pressure to raise or move liquids, compress gases, or force air into inflatable objects. 2》 Physiology a mechanism in living cells by which specific ions are moved through a cell membrane against … English new terms dictionary
pump someone full of something — informal to put a lot of a substance, especially a drug, into someone s body He had been pumped full of sedatives … English dictionary
pump — Ⅰ. pump [1] ► NOUN ▪ a mechanical device using suction or pressure to raise or move liquids, compress gases, or force air into inflatable objects. ► VERB 1) move or force to move by or as if by a pump. 2) fill (something) with (liquid, gas, etc.) … English terms dictionary
