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pumper

American  
[puhm-per] / ˈpʌm pər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that pumps.

  2. a fire truck specially equipped to pump water at the site of a fire.


Etymology

Origin of pumper

First recorded in 1650–60; pump 1 + -er 1

Example Sentences

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A new pumper truck, the kind children want to sit in, can cost $1.2 million, up 100% over the past 10 years.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

One suffered a heat-related injury and the other was injured when the brush pumper he was riding in struck a tanker truck as the two were heading to fight the fire near Gage.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024

You could hire this DJ and then you could hire a party pumper to go along with it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023

At the scene, some of the men began dragging hoses from a pumper truck.

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2022

He worked as a production operator, which was a fancy name for a pumper, for Amoco over in the North Cowden field west of town.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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