pumped

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʌmpt/

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• Rhymes: -ʌmpt

Verb

pumped

1. simple past and past participle of pump

Adjective

pumped (comparative more pumped, superlative most pumped)

1. (slang) Pumped up; excited.

   I'm feeling pumped for the game on Friday.

2. (slang, bodybuilding) Pumped up; having muscles in an engorged state following exercise.
3. (not comparable) Wearing pumps (the type of shoe).
   • 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     All the young gentlemen, tightly cravatted, curled, and pumped, and with their best hats in their hands, having been at different times announced and introduced, Mr Baps, the dancing-master, came, accompanied by Mrs Baps, to whom Mrs Blimber was extremely kind and condescending.

4. (climbing) Very tired, especially when too fatigued to grip handholds well.

   Synonyms: exhausted, weary; see also Thesaurus:fatigued

   I was so pumped by the end of the climb that I could barely hold onto the jugs.

Related terms

• pumped hydro
• pumped-up
• unpumped