bicycle pump
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But when air sinks it is heated due to compression, like how a bicycle pump gets hot because the air is being squeezed into a smaller space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
He applies a bicycle pump to the wheels and is off, weaving through traffic of motorcycles and trucks.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2023
Eisenberg, playing the gang’s token neurotic, kept convulsively squeezing his sides with his hands, like someone operating a bicycle pump.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2016
Hardware stores are also useful: “You can make a fully functioning asthma nebulizer with a bicycle pump, tubing, some adapters and filters,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2014
“No, it’s not, it’s like a bicycle pump with a red handle...”
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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