Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In electricity See
surging , 2 .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
pump . - a steam engine and pump combined for raising water. See
Steam engine .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
pump .
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Examples
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In windsurfing, what we call "pumping" is completely unlimited.
USATODAY.com - Mistral class takes sailing to the extreme 2004
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There's simply no sense in pumping my dead body full of chemicals to make me look alive again when I'm so obviously not, and then dropping eight grand on a walnut casket that would have been much better utilized as gunstocks.
My Green Funeral 2009
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I am concerned that if I begin pumping, the truck ahead of me will have a surprise tab at the pay booth.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Chris Anderson, editor of pumping is the model Business free.
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George Soros must really be scared his puppet Obama won't be able to carry out his orders after November, so he is again pumping millions into the Democrat coffers, and is hyping up the hate speech on his move-on website, trying to further divide, with Obama's knowledge, this country.
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The country is expected to begin pumping by the end of the year.
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In fact, it was the service provided by the Phoenix in pumping salt water from the Bay while the municipal water mains were dry in a 40-square-block area, which enabled the SFFD to extinguish the major conflagration following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
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The country is expected to begin pumping by the end of the year.
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All this coupled with cheesy dialogue that populates many action films, a great story and adrenalin pumping soundtrack by Hans Zimmer.
From the Vault: Week of June 1, 2009 « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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Anecdotal evidence suggests that the first 4-6 weeks of nursing/pumping is the toughest – after that, it usually gets a lot easier for the majority of moms.
Insecurities of a sleepless crazy lady. « A Bird’s Nest 2008
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