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adjective

Definition of pumpednext
as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest the whole city's so pumped for this championship that it's unbelievable

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pumped

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verb

past tense of pump
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as in bobbed
to make short up-and-down movements the thighs of the bicyclists were pumping furiously as they neared the finish line

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as in interrogated
to put a series of questions to prying neighbors pumped the guileless child for information about the family's new pool

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as in drained
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely pumped water from the well

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“Pumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pumped. Accessed 23 Mar. 2023.

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