Phrase Hound found 130 phrases and 54 compound words that contain pump. The most common are listed below. Open pump in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 130
- heat pumpA device that transfers thermal energy between spaces using a refrigeration cycle, usually between an enclosed space and the outdoors.
- water pumpA pump for raising or circulating water.
- breast pumpA device used by a lactating woman to extract milk from her breasts (typically for short-term storage).
- vacuum pumpA piece of equipment used for extraction of gas or vapour from an enclosed space, leaving the container with a partial vacuum.
- fuel pumpA part of a motor vehicle that transfers liquid from the fuel tank to the carburetor or fuel injector of the internal combustion engine.
- under the pumpUnder pressure to perform, e.g. at work or in a sports contest.
- pump and dumpA form of financial fraud where the fraudster purchases stocks at a very low price, generates excitement about those stocks in order to create a temporary price increase, then sells the stocks before the price depreciates.
- gas pumpA device at a gas station that dispenses gasoline.
- pump upTo inflate by means of a pump.
- air pumpA pump that moves air either into or out of something.
- bicycle pumpA handheld pump used to inflate the tyres of bicycles.
- pump-jetA marine system that creates a jet of water for propulsion of watercraft.
- feed pumpA force pump for supplying a steam engine's boiler with water.
- pump attendantA worker at a filling station who is responsible for filling up vehicles with petrol.
- pump roomA room housing a pump, especially a room or structure at a spa where mineral water is drawn from a spring and consumed, formerly often serving as a venue for polite socializing and conversation.
- pump carA light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism; a handcar.
- pump-fakeTo pretend to throw or shoot the ball in order to make a defender react.
- pump ironTo lift weights; to engage in weight or strength training.
- bike pumpA bicycle pump.
- biological pumpThe collection of biological ocean processes that regulate the uptake, storage, and release of carbon.
- chain pumpA water pump consisting of a series of buckets on a chain, wheel or drum.
- pump houseAlternative form of pumphouse: A building containing pumping equipment; thus
- prime the pumpTo engage in deficit spending.
- sodium pumpThe transport of sodium ions across biological membranes using the metabolic energy of ATP.
- proton pumpAny protein in the membrane of a cell or mitochondrion whose function is to move protons across the membrane and thus establish an electrochemical potential.
Compound words 54
- pumphouseA building containing pumping equipment; thus
- pumpageThat which is raised by pumps.
- pumpjackThe ground-based drive for a submerged pump in an oil borehole.
- mispumpTo pump incorrectly.
- windpumpA structure somewhat like a windmill for pumping water, either for drainage or for irrigation
- hydropumpA hydraulic pump.
- pumpmanA man employed to operate a pump, as in a mine.
- handpumpA pump that is operated manually
- pumpableable to be pumped
- pumpgunA pump-action firearm.