informal1 (v + adv) inflate TRANSITIVEaer a chur i c m uteann verb c m uséid verb c m upumpáil verb c m ushe pumped up the car tyreschuir sí aer i mboinn an ghluaisteáin2 (v + adv) increase TRANSITIVEméadaigh verb c m uardaigh verb c m uthe book pumped up interest in the areamhéadaigh an leabhar an tsuim a bhíothas a chur sa cheantar
3 (v + adv) excite TRANSITIVEspreag verb c m utóg verb c m uardú meanman a thabhairt do c m uyour job is to pump them up before the gameis é an cúram atá ortsa iad a spreagadh roimh an gcluiche4 (also
pumped
) adjectivetógtha adj3 c m uspreagtha adj3 c m ubíogtha adj3 c m u → féach pump