pump

Noun

• a low-cut shoe without fastenings

• the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
  • he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
    

• a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction

Verb

• question persistently
  • She pumped the witnesses for information
    

• raise (gases or fluids) with a pump

• move up and down
  • The athlete pumps weights in the gym
    

• flow intermittently

• supply in great quantities
  • Pump money into a project
    

• draw or pour with a pump

• deliver forth
  • pump bullets into the dummy
    

• operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
  • pump the gas pedal
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  heart , ticker