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pump-priming

pump-priming is the present participle and gerund of pump-prime.

Meaning of pump-prime

Verb

pump-prime (third-person singular simple present pump-primes, present participle pump-priming, simple past and past participle pump-primed)

  1. Synonym of prime the pump (figurative senses)
    Synonyms:
    prime the pump

Questions about pump-priming

What is pump-priming the present participle and gerund of?
Pump-priming is the present participle and gerund of pump-prime.

Words near pump-priming in the dictionary

  1. pump-jet
  2. pump-jets
  3. pump-prime
  4. pump-primed
  5. pump-primes
  6. pump-priming
  7. pump-room
  8. pump-rooms
  9. pump-trolley
  10. pump-trolleys
  11. pumpabilities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pump-priming (page history and authors); pump-prime (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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