pumped

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/pʌmpt/

adjective

Pumped up; excited.

“I'm feeling pumped for the game on Friday.”

Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of pump
adjectivepumped (comparative more pumped, superlative most pumped)

comparative more pumped · superlative most pumped

  1. slangPumped up; excited.

    I'm feeling pumped for the game on Friday.

  2. slangbodybuildingPumped up; having muscles in an engorged state following exercise.
  3. not comparableWearing 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.

    1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC
  4. climbingVery 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.

    Synonyms: exhausted, weary, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivetense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

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