pump
noun
1 noun PHYS, ENG, MED, ETC for sucking liquid, gascaidéal masc1 pumpa masc4 2 noun for inflatingteannaire masc4 pumpa masc4 Show full entry
3 noun AUTO for petrolpumpa masc4 caidéal masc1 4 noun AUTO fire engineinneall dóiteáin 5 noun SPOR, CLOTH sports shoebróg spóirt 6 noun DANC, CLOTH dance shoepumpa masc4 bróg bhailé 7 noun (especially US) CLOTH, FASH slip-on shoepumpa masc4
verb
8 verb PHYS, ENG, MED, ETC suck out liquid, gas TRANSITIVEcaidéalaigh verb pumpáil verb to pump sb's stomach bolg dhuine a phumpáil, bolg dhuine a thaoscadhher stomach was pumped at the hospital taoscadh a bolg san ospidéal 9 verb inflate TRANSITIVEaer a chur i teann verb séid verb pumpáil verb to pump a tyre aer a chur i mbonn 10 verb of heart INTRANSITIVEbuail verb preab verb 11 verb of blood INTRANSITIVEsteall verb scaird verb pumpáil verb the blood was pumping out of his leg bhí an fhuil ag scairdeadh amach as a chos 12 verb push (handle etc) up and down TRANSITIVEpumpáil verb 13 verb of arms, legs TRANSITIVEpumpáil verb pumping the arms is an important part of sprinting cuid thábhachtach den ráibeáil is ea pumpáil na ngéag
INTRANSITIVEpumpáil verb I crossed the line, arms pumping hard thrasnaigh mé an líne agus mo ghéaga ag pumpáil go tréan
14 verb shake (hand) vigorously TRANSITIVEcroith go láidir 15 verb provide money TRANSITIVEcuir isteach caith verb a lot of money has been pumped into roads tá go leor airgid caite ar bhóithre 16 verb informal seek information TRANSITIVEshe's always pumping me for information about you bíonn sí i gcónaí ag iarraidh eolas fútsa a mhealladh asam, bíonn sí seasta ag iarraidh mé a bhleán fútsa