pumped
verbadjectivecommon in dialogue
- //pʌmpt//
Pumped up; excited.
verb
- 1
Also a form of pumpsimple past and past participle of pump
adjective
- 1
slangPumped up; excited.
I'm feeling pumped for the game on Friday.
- 2
slangPumped up; having muscles in an engorged state following exercise.
- 3
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.
- 4
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
- comparative
- more pumped
- superlative
- most pumped