What part of speech is pumping?

Pumping can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. pumping is a verb, gerund of pump (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does pumping mean?

Definitions

Verb

pump - operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal; "pump the gas pedal"
pump - draw or pour with a pump
pump - raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
pump - question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information"
pump - deliver forth; "pump bullets into the dummy"
pump - move up and down; "The athlete pumps weights in the gym"
pump - flow intermittently
pump - supply in great quantities; "Pump money into a project"

Examples of pumping

#   Sentence  
1. verb The Americans have to put away their free-market fetishism for a while and find ways of creating jobs and pumping money into Iraqi households.
2. verb The candidates are out kissing babies and pumping hands.
3. verb He was pumping the pedals of the bicycle hard.
4. verb They are pumping freshwater from the river catchment.
5. verb Many people were outraged by a picture of a women pumping air into her tires while a man stood beside her playing on his phone.
6. verb Firefighters have started pumping fresh water into some ponds and lakes in a bid to raise oxygen levels.
7. verb The most amusing euphemism for male masturbation is "pumping the monkey."
8. verb Sami's adrenaline was pumping.
9. verb My adrenaline was pumping.
10. verb My adrenaline is really pumping.
11. verb Yanni is pumping four hundred pounds on the bunch press.
12. verb Yanni has started pumping iron.
13. verb Yanni was pumping gas.
14. verb Pump the gas pedal.
15. verb Pump bullets into the dummy.
Sentence  
verb
The Americans have to put away their free-market fetishism for a while and find ways of creating jobs and pumping money into Iraqi households.
The candidates are out kissing babies and pumping hands.
He was pumping the pedals of the bicycle hard.
They are pumping freshwater from the river catchment.
Many people were outraged by a picture of a women pumping air into her tires while a man stood beside her playing on his phone.
Firefighters have started pumping fresh water into some ponds and lakes in a bid to raise oxygen levels.
The most amusing euphemism for male masturbation is "pumping the monkey."
Sami's adrenaline was pumping.
My adrenaline was pumping.
My adrenaline is really pumping.
Yanni is pumping four hundred pounds on the bunch press.
Yanni has started pumping iron.
Yanni was pumping gas.
Pump the gas pedal.
Pump bullets into the dummy.

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