Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of pump
comparative more pumped · superlative most pumped
- slangbodybuildingPumped up; having muscles in an engorged state following exercise.
- 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 - 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
adjectiveVery tired, especially when too fatigued to grip handholds well.
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
Rhymes with pumped
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