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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

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The fire crew had responded to a traffic accident on the Eastex Freeway and was blocking the entrance to the freeway at Northpark Drive with a Houston Fire Department pumper engine when they were hit by the big rig, authorities said. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2025 Emergency pumper trucks greeted the aircraft with an arching shower of water known as a water salute. Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025 He was married in 1980 to Barbara Gail Lee, and the couple lived in Wink, 30 miles east of Mentone, where Skeet worked as a pumper and a rancher. Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025 Those losses range from geoscientists and petroleum engineers to blue-collar roustabouts and wellhead pumpers. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pumper

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 6 Dec. 2025.

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