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pumped-up

pumped-up adjective: inflated.

Adjective

pumped-up (comparative more pumped-up, superlative most pumped-up)

  1. inflated
    1. (broadly) oversized
      • The stalked 'periscope' eyes of the Fiddler crab, which give it a panoramic view all the better to appreciate the outrageously pumped-up left claws of its waving fellows.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 107
  2. raised by pumping
  3. tense with excitement or enthusiasm

Forms of pumped-up

comparativemore pumped-up
superlativemost pumped-up

Questions about pumped-up

What does pumped-up mean?
Pumped-up means inflated.
What part of speech is pumped-up?
Pumped-up is an adjective.

Words near pumped-up in the dictionary

  1. pumped out
  2. pumped someone's fist
  3. pumped someone's tires
  4. pumped up
  5. pumped up someone's tires
  6. pumped-up
  7. Pumpelly
  8. pumpellyite
  9. pumpellyites
  10. pumpelmous
  11. pumpelmouses

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