pumping

[puhm-ping]

noun

1. the act or process of pumping or the action of a pump.

2. Meteorology.,  rapid change in the height of the column in a mercury barometer, resulting from fluctuations in the surrounding air pressure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pumping¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; pump ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Just a few months ago, investors viewed such deals with enthusiasm, pumping up shares for a variety of AI-related companies, but this week one such deal—between Nvidia, Microsoft and Anthropic—was greeted warily.

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I try to process what she’s saying, but my adrenaline is still pumping.

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"The pump was not pumping, and he just slowly went blue," Tessa says.

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Workers scrambled to get the pumping system back online, patching the hoses that could be salvaged and cobbling together any new hoses they could find to replace the ones that could not.

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A state edict, if it holds up in court, would require drilling and pumping to stop by the end of the decade.

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