pumped

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pumped

  • /pʌmpt/

Rhymes with -ʌmpt

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of pump

adjective more pumped · most pumped

  1. slang Pumped up; excited. I'm feeling pumped for the game on Friday.
  2. slang Pumped up; having muscles in an engorged state following exercise.
  3. not comparable Wearing pumps (the type of shoe). 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. Very tired, especially when too fatigued to grip handholds well. I was so pumped by the end of the climb that I could barely hold onto the jugs.

    Similar: exhausted, weary, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out, spent, wrecked, drained, dog-tired

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Closest in meaning: ticker, heart, excited, blown, psyched, charged, motivated, snatched, intruded, reasoned, diode, stole, sent, e-mailed, enthused, grouted

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@misc{pumped_2026,
  title = {pumped},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pumped},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}