pump

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He ran a pump and dump scheme to defraud investors.

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Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pump gathered in one view.

noun

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

noun

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"

noun

a low-cut shoe without fastenings

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pump.

noun

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

noun

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"

noun

a low-cut shoe without fastenings

verb

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

verb

deliver forth; "pump bullets into the dummy"

verb

draw or pour with a pump

verb

supply in great quantities; "Pump money into a project"

verb

flow intermittently

verb

move up and down; "The athlete pumps weights in the gym"

verb

raise (gases or fluids) with a pump

verb

question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information"

Example sentences

He ran a pump and dump scheme to defraud investors.

"Make no mistake, this is as much a PR ploy by Tesla to pump up their offering.

In the US, we let them wade in their own filth and pump them full of antibiotics.

Wow, OK. So it was just an old pump in bad condition that failed due to lack of maintenance or some such.

This feels kinda like a pump and dump to me. I don't mind articles/projects/sites that make use of bitcoins.

Irony: pump in "Trouble" to the tool under discussion.

When I see a repeat pattern of GroupOn and Zynga type companies I see someone who knows how to pump and dump.

They are nothing more than a giant machine designed to pump subsidized student loan money into their coffers.

And it's not enough just to preserve headers; what if you pump stuff out to a temporary file and read it in a few milliseconds later?

The only innovation here is using huge marketing dollars to perpetuate a pump and dump ponzi scheme long enough for an IPO.

I browse HN a lot less now and sit in the sun a lot more and when I do sit down to work I can pump out code amazingly fast because I'm gasp actually refreshed.

And the "hacking" was a legitimate employee accessing the system from Russia where he was traveling and had no connection whatsoever with the pump failure.

Calling Zynga and Groupon pump-and-dump schemes is a mark of one's one's understanding of business in much the same way that believing vaccines cause autism is a mark of one's understanding of science.

Why would you use a real estate agent trying to pump the price as high as possible, when you can use one who will be paid entirely based on your satisfaction rating?On the other hand, Zillow/Trulia have wider reach.

" The state and federal governments have spent literally a hundred years subsidizing the technology industry by building massive public research universities that pump out thousands of engineers each year.

Odds are the only thing you're doing when you use it and recommend it to your friends is creating a nice resume for some large company to do a "talent acquisition" Large companies love this -- they find a couple of guys who are able to identify and engage audiences and then they kill their product and stick them on some other product that the company wants pumped.