force pump

American  

noun

1. a pump that delivers a liquid under pressure, so as to eject it forcibly.

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force pump British  

noun

1. a pump that ejects fluid under pressure Compare lift pump

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Etymology

Origin of force pump

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

There's a big well a hundred feet deep in the stable-yard, and a force pump, which takes two men to work.

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Among these, are siphon pumps, the force pump of Ctesibius, a "fire-pump," having two cylinders, and two pistons, valves, and levers.

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These were filled by force pumps and fitted with hose made of the intestines of cattle.

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This syringe was furnished here and there with golden taps and tubes and tiny force pumps.

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But—I felt now as if a force pump was connected with my chest, and that any moment it might burst asunder.

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