pumper

noun

pump·​er ˈpəm-pər How to pronounce pumper (audio)
: one that pumps
especially : a fire truck equipped with a pump

Examples of pumper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Firefighters from seven pumpers, two brush trucks and an aerial ladder truck were on scene battling the blaze shortly after 3 p.m., according to PulsePoint, an app that allows people to view calls firefighters and emergency medical services have responded to. Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024 As the area’s largest groundwater pumper, the company has caused a substantial share of the subsidence. Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023 A little green custom pumper truck retired from service at Reese & Community Volunteer Fire Company in Westminster will soon be on its way to Fulton, Kentucky, to help a station destroyed in recent tornados there. Katie V. Jones, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 28 Dec. 2021 Harvard Business Review - Baggage handlers, pest-control specialists, and welders are more likely to suffer workplace injuries than those working traditionally dangerous jobs like boilermakers or wellhead pumpers. Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023 The Fire Department responded with three pumper trucks, a ladder truck, a rescue truck, a medic and a battalion chief, a standard reply in that situation, Hyde said. Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2023 Urban firefighting systems, like fire engines, ladder trucks, and pumpers, are overwhelmed by the sheer number of homes to defend. Time, 22 Aug. 2023 From their second-floor barracks-like quarters, the firefighter hurriedly dropped down the brass pole to a hose wagon or a steel steamer pumper apparatus. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2023 There were no bad days being a party pumper. Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1638, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pumper was in 1638

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“Pumper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pumper. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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