to pump sb's hand

  • 31Hand pumps — A hand pump may refer to:A beer engine device in pubs for serving beer.A hand pumpOrSimply a pump …

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  • 32hand — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ beautiful, delicate, long fingered, pretty, slender ▪ mani …

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  • 33hand */*/*/ — I UK [hænd] / US noun Word forms hand : singular hand plural hands 1) [countable] the part of your body at the end of each arm that you use for picking up and holding things Mrs Bennet put her hands over her ears to shut out the noise. have/hold… …

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  • 34pump — 1. noun /pʌmp/ a) A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas. This pump can deliver 100 gallons of water per minute. b) An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping It takes thirty pumps to get… …

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  • 35pump — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Pump is used before these nouns: ↑shotgun Pump is used after these nouns: ↑bicycle, ↑fuel, ↑gasoline, ↑hand, ↑irrigation, ↑penis, ↑petrol, ↑stomach, ↑water {{Roman}} …

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  • 36Pump organ — The pump organ is a version of the reed organ where the player maintains the air pressure needed for creating the sound in the free reeds by pumping pedals with their feet. The portative organ is a miniature version of the pipe organ where air… …

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  • 37hand tub — noun : a fire fighting apparatus consisting of an often tub shaped reservoir of water pumped out through a hose by means of a pump with brakes that are rocked up and down by a number of men on each side of the apparatus; also : such an apparatus… …

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  • 38foot pump — noun 1. : a portable hand pump held in place by the foot : stirrup pump 2. : a pump operated by a treadle * * * foot pump, a portable pump, operated by hand, that has a bracket or stirrup for holding it in place by the pressure of the foot …

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  • 39bucket pump — noun 1. : a vertical piston usually duplex pump whose valves are in the piston or pistons 2. : chain pump 3. : a hand operated force pump commonly used for spraying with liquids contained in a bucket …

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  • 40stirrup pump — ► NOUN ▪ a hand operated water pump with a footrest resembling a stirrup, used to extinguish small fires …

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