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A n1 Tech pompe f ; bicycle pump pompe à bicyclette ; air/vacuum pump pompe à air/à vide ; to prime the pump lit amorcer la pompe ; fig réamorcer la pompe ;2 ( squeeze) to give sb's hand a pump donner une poignée de main vigoureuse à qn ;3 ( plimsoll) chaussure f de sport ;6 †( dancing shoe) chausson m de danse (pour homme) ;7 ( fire-engine) autopompe f.B vtr1 ( push) pomper [air, gas, water, blood] (out of de) ; to pump oil around the engine pomper l'huile autour du moteur ; to pump air into a tyre injecter de l'air dans un pneu ; to pump sewage into the sea déverser les eaux usées dans la mer ; the boiler pumps water to the radiators la chaudière distribue l'eau dans les radiateurs ; to pump the hold dry pomper la cale à sec ; to pump bullets cracher des balles ; to pump sb full of drugs ○ gaver qn de médicaments ; to pump sb full of lead ○ truffer qn de plomb ○, mitrailler qn ; to pump iron ○ faire de la gonflette ○ ;3 ( shake) to pump sb's hand donner une poignée de main vigoureuse à qn ;4 ○ ( question) cuisiner ○ [person] (about à propos de) ; to pump sb for sth essayer de soutirer qch à qn [details, information] ; to pump sth out of sb soutirer qch à qn ;5 Med to pump sb's stomach faire un lavage d'estomac à qn ; to have one's stomach pumped avoir un lavage d'estomac.C vi1 ( function) [machine, piston] fonctionner ;2 ( flow) gicler (from, out of de) ;3 ( beat) [blood, heart] battre violemment.all hands to the pumps! il faut que tout le monde s'y mette!■ pump out:▶ pump out [sth], pump [sth] out2 ( empty) pomper [qch] à sec [hold, pool] ; to pump sb's stomach out faire un lavage d'estomac à qn.■ pump up:▶ pump up [sth], pump [sth] up1 ( inflate) gonfler [tyre, air bed] ;2 ○ ( increase) monter [volume]. -
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pump [pʌmp]1. nouna. pompe fc. [+ handle] actionner plusieurs fois ; [+ brake] pomper sur[machine, person] pomper ; [heart] battre fort4. compounds• a rise in pump prices [of petrol] une hausse (des prix) à la pompe( = produce) débiter[+ tyre, airbed] gonfler* * *[pʌmp] 1.1) Technology pompe fto prime the pump — lit amorcer la pompe; fig réamorcer la pompe
2) ( plimsoll) chaussure f de sport; ( flat shoe) GB ballerine f; ( shoe with heel) US chaussure f à talon2.transitive verbto pump somebody full of drugs — (colloq) gaver quelqu'un de médicaments
to pump iron — (colloq) faire de la gonflette (colloq)
2) actionner [handle, lever]3) ( shake)5) Medicine3.1) ( function) [machine, piston] fonctionner2) ( flow) gicler (from, out of de)3) ( beat) battre violemment•Phrasal Verbs:- pump out- pump up
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