pumped en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /pʌmpt/
Meanings
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(slang) Pumped up; excited.
I'm feeling pumped for the game on Friday.
- (slang) Pumped up; having muscles in an engorged state following exercise.
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(not-comparable) Wearing pumps (the type of shoe).
All the young gentlemen, tightly cravatted, curled, and pumped, and with their best hats in their hands, having been at different times announced and introduced, Mr Baps, the dancing-master, came, accompanied by Mrs Baps, to whom Mrs Blimber was extremely kind and condescending.
1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
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Very tired, especially when too fatigued to grip handholds well.
I was so pumped by the end of the climb that I could barely hold onto the jugs.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most pumped | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more pumped | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Relateds
unpumped · pumped-up · pumped hydro
Synonyms
bleary-eyed · nadgered · fatigued · forlagen · cream crackered · dog-tired · tired · fagged out · run-down · bone-tired · stuffed · exhausted · whacked · shattered · wrecked · done in · bushed · knacked · bleareyed · jiggered · done · pooped · pooped out · out of gas · languid · bleary · washed out · weary · gassed · busted · sleepy · enervated · zonked · played out · drained · banjaxed · Kerry Packered · worn out · whipped · worn · wappened · jaded · spent · weary · buggered · heavyeyed · dog-weary · fried · fucked · shot · exhausted · tuckered · forfairn · tuckered out · pumped · forworn · beat · tired out · dead tired · shagged · weariful · done up · shagged out · knackered