Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pumped"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pump \Pump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pumped} (p[u^]mt; 215); p. pr.
& vb. n. {pumping}.]
1. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
2. To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means
of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship.
3. Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money,
by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply
persistently in order to elicit something, as information,
money, etc.
But pump not me for politics. --Otway.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pumped
adj : (informal) tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a
rush of adrenaline; "we were really pumped up for the
race"; "he was so pumped he couldn't sleep" [syn: {pumped-up(a)},
{pumped up(p)}, {pumped(p)}, {wired}]
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