pumping

4 definitions • 6 examples

present participle of

to force liquid or gas to move somewhere:

Our latest machine can pump a hundred gallons a minute.

The new wine is pumped into storage tanks.

The heart pumps blood through the arteries/round the body.

to keep asking someone for information, especially in a way that is not direct:

She was pumping me for details of the new project.

(of music with a loud, continuous beat) to be played loudly through speakers:

Reggae music pumped from the stereo.

Not everyone likes having music pumping and an instructor shouting at them when they're exercising.