[ UK /pˈʌmpt/ ]
[ US /ˈpəmpt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline
    he was so pumped he couldn't sleep
    we were really pumped up for the race
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How To Use pumped In A Sentence

  • Does the plain, unsugared doughy type bagel look alike surpass the overly decorated with hundreds and thousands and pumped full of sweet chemicals with optional coating of chocolate (half dipped) Tescos Express doughnut win every time? Rabbit Stew. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • The liquids are pumped into a battery cell that converts the chemical energy to electrical energy. Smithsonian Mag
  • As the increase of THC is pumped into the bloodstream, there are no measurable tools to indicate the level of what might be considered an intoxicated level for marijuana, and any classification of such a level [one toke] could be considered illegal and on par with alcohol? 2008 June 28 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
  • The man pumped up the pressure and returned to kneel in front of William. A Roomful of Birds - Scottish short stories 1990
  • Whatever pumped up your adrenaline, my darling, it took more than a chase to catch up with you.
  • There was a sense of disorganisation at times, as in the 20th minute when Gabriel Heinze pumped an innocuous-looking high ball towards the penalty area which Brown and Smalling both went to clear and then left to one another. Chris Smalling helps make a shaky case for Manchester United's defence
  • Lacy argued that he was misled by Stello when the arbiter pumped him out at second during an apparent steal attempt.
  • Today, oil is pumped from underground oil-filled rock and sent to a refinery where it is made into gasoline.
  • Water from the aquarium tanks is pumped over the top of rafts of brown algae, which feed on the nutrients in the water and help clean it naturally, as they would out on the reef.
  • I went home so pumped full of steroids that I literally went without sleep for nearly three weeks.
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