1. Tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline
   "we were really pumped up for the race"; "he was so pumped he couldn't sleep"; "we were really pumped-up for the race";
   - pumped-up, pumped up, wired [informal], amped [informal]

1. Raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
   "They pumped water from the well"; "The heart pumps blood through the body"
    
2. Move up and down
   "The athlete pumps weights in the gym"
    
3. Operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
   "pump the gas pedal"
    
4. Draw or pour with a pump
   "We pumped gas into the car"; "They pumped the oil out of the ground"
    
5. Deliver forth
   "pump bullets into the dummy"
    
6. Supply in great quantities
   "Pump money into a project"
    
7. Flow intermittently
   "Blood pumped through his veins"
    
8. Question persistently
   "She pumped the witnesses for information"

See also: tense

Type of: blast, bring up, displace, draw, elevate, furnish, get up, gush, handle, lift, manage, move, offer, provide, query, question, raise, render, shoot, spirt [archaic], spout, spurt, supply, take out, wield

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