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overpump

overpump verb: to pump excessively.

Verb

overpump (third-person singular simple present overpumps, present participle overpumping, simple past and past participle overpumped)

  1. To pump excessively.

Forms of overpump

third-person singular presentoverpumps
present participleoverpumping
past participleoverpumped
pastoverpumped

Origin of overpump

From over- + pump.

Questions about overpump

What does overpump mean?
Overpump means to pump excessively.
What part of speech is overpump?
Overpump is a verb.
What is the past tense of overpump?
The past tense of overpump is overpumped.

Words near overpump in the dictionary

  1. overpulls
  2. overpulse
  3. overpulsed
  4. overpulses
  5. overpulsing
  6. overpump
  7. overpumped
  8. overpumping
  9. overpumps
  10. overpunch
  11. overpunched

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