one-pump

one-pump verb: to kill someone in one shot with a pump action shotgun.

Verb

one-pump (third-person singular simple present one-pumps, present participle one-pumping, simple past and past participle one-pumped)

(slang, transitive) To kill someone in one shot with a pump action shotgun.
- The arrival of season 4 also saw the arrival of the much prophesied comets to coincide with the superhero theme, which ultimately meant just different skins to wear while a young child one-pumps you.2018 May 14, Jimmy Donnellan, “Fortnite Season 4 Drags The Focus Away From Tilted Towers”, in Cultured Vultures, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2022
- After getting one-pumped by an enemy sitting inside of a build in the top six players of a Solo match, Tfue voiced his ire about skill-based matchmaking in Fortnite—and it was an R-rated display.2020 March 6, Scott Duwe, “Tfue sounds off against skill-based matchmaking in Fortnite”, in Dot Esports, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2022

one-pump (plural one-pumps)

(slang) An instance of one-pumping.
- No more one-pumps2018 June 6, Austen Goslin, “Fortnite's shotguns are getting a major nerf”, in Polygon, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023, byline
- How can you spot a Fortniter at Starbucks? / They order everything with one pump.[2021, Brian Boone, An Unofficial Joke Book for Fortniters: 800 All-New Explosively Hilarious Jokes for Fans of Fortnite, New York, N.Y: Sky Pony Press, →ISBN

You have the ability to one-pump someone, while also being completely let down by it in the next breath with an unexpectedly weak shot.2020 March 16, Jacob Hale, “Did Fortnite secretly change Pump Shotguns in Season 2?”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022:
When you get knocked down by a single pump shotgun shot, you'll be one-pumped.[2020 November 28, Gökhan Çakır, “Common Fortnite terms and their meanings”, in Dot Esports, archived from the original on 21 May 2023:
Gone are the "one-pump" days as the all-new Fortnite Shotgun nerf has ended up making the weapon class less appealing.2022 May 3, shwetangparthsarthy, “After sniper rifles, Fortnite nerf ruins every shotgun in the game”, in Sportskeeda, archived from the...

Verb
third-person singular present	one-pumps
present participle	one-pumping
past participle	one-pumped
past	one-pumped
Noun
plural	one-pumps

What does one-pump mean?: One-pump means to kill someone in one shot with a pump action shotgun.
How do you use one-pump in a sentence?: You have the ability to one-pump someone, while also being completely let down by it in the next breath with an unexpectedly weak shot.
What part of speech is one-pump?: One-pump can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of one-pump?: The past tense of one-pump is one-pumped.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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