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pump

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of pump

1 to make short up-and-down movements

the thighs of the bicyclists were pumping furiously as they neared the finish line

Synonyms of pump

bob, bobble, jog, jounce, nod, seesaw, wag

Words Related to pump

jerk, jiggle, shake, wiggle, wobble (also wabble)

oscillate, rock, sway, swing, undulate

drop, duck

2 to put a series of questions to

prying neighbors pumped the guileless child for information about the family's new pool

Synonyms of pump

catechize, examine, grill, interrogate, query, question, quiz, sweat [slang]

Words Related to pump

debrief

cross-examine, cross-question

annoy, harass, hound, pester

canvass (also canvas), poll

Phrases Synonymous with pump

give the third degree to, pick the brains of

3 to remove (liquid) gradually or completely

pumped water from the well

Synonyms of pump

bleed, draft, drain, draw (off), siphon (also syphon), tap

Words Related to pump

milk

suck

clear, empty, evacuate, exhaust, vacate, vacuate, void

decant, effuse

deplete

clean, flush, purge

Near Antonyms of pump

bathe, douse (also dowse), drench, soak, souse, wash, water, wet

deluge, drown, flood, inundate, overflow

submerge, swamp

Antonyms of pump

fill

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