pumping

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of pump. Use this form for an action happening now or as the name of the action.

   The firefighters were pumping water onto the burning roof.

   She kept pumping the handle until water finally came out.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The action of moving a liquid or gas, usually by using a pump.

   Like blowing air into a balloon over and over to fill it.

   The pumping of water from the flooded street took most of the morning.

   Steady pumping kept the small boat from sinking in the storm.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The act of putting silicone into the body to make it look fuller or curvier.

   She paid a stranger thousands of dollars for the silicone pumping.

   The pumping left her with painful lumps and serious health problems.

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