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pumping out

pumping out is the present participle and gerund of pump out.

Meaning of pump out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To remove liquid using a pump.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To produce in large quantities.

Questions about pumping out

What is pumping out the present participle and gerund of?
Pumping out is the present participle and gerund of pump out.

Words near pumping out in the dictionary

  1. pumping iron
  2. pumping lemma
  3. pumping lemmas
  4. pumping lemmata
  5. pumping one's fist
  6. pumping out
  7. pumping someone's fist
  8. pumping someone's tires
  9. pumping station
  10. pumping stations
  11. pumping time

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