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pumping

[ puhm-ping ]

noun

  1. the act or process of pumping or the action of a pump.
  2. Meteorology. rapid change in the height of the column in a mercury barometer, resulting from fluctuations in the surrounding air pressure.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pumping1

First recorded in 1590–1600; pump 1 + -ing 1
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The Los Angeles Times found that the federal government’s pumping facility had been delivering less water because of routine maintenance.

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SeaCURE processes the seawater to remove the carbon before pumping it back out to sea where it absorbs more CO2.

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Frankie, her voice in her ears telling her to notice everything around her as a way of not zoning out, is supposed to be concentrating on her job pumping gas.

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Last October it was revealed that a single pumping station had illegally spilled more than 140 million litres of raw sewage between 2020 and 2023.

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Trump has suggested that his plan for reciprocal tariffs will help remedy such grievances, pumping up his announcement as "Liberation Day".

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