pumped

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʌmpt/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌmpt

Verb

pumped

  1. simple past and past participle of pump

Adjective

pumped (comparative more pumped, superlative most pumped)

  1. (slang) Pumped up; excited.
    I'm feeling pumped for the game on Friday.
  2. (slang, bodybuilding) Pumped up; having muscles in an engorged state following exercise.
  3. (not comparable) Wearing pumps (the type of shoe).
    • 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, [], published 1848, →OCLC:
      All the young gentlemen, tightly cravatted, curled, and pumped, and with their best hats in their hands, having been at different times announced and introduced, Mr Baps, the dancing-master, came, accompanied by Mrs Baps, to whom Mrs Blimber was extremely kind and condescending.
  4. (climbing) Very tired, especially when too fatigued to grip handholds well.
    I was so pumped by the end of the climb that I could barely hold onto the jugs.
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