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Pump is a related term of grill.


As nouns the difference between pump and grill

is that pump is a device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas or pump can be (british) a type of shoe, a trainer or sneaker while grill is grill.

As a verb pump

is to use a pump to move (liquid or gas).

pump

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) pumpe, possibly from (etyl) . Compare Dutch pompen, German pumpen, and (etyl) pompe.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
  • An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping
  • A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel.
  • (bodybuilding) A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
  • * 2010', Eric Velazquez, "Power Pairings", ''Reps!'' ' 17 :83
    • Want a skin-stretching pump ? Up the volume by using high-rep sets.
    A great pump is better than coming. (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
  • (colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
  • (US, obsolete, slang) The heart.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use a pump to move (liquid or gas).
  • To fill with air.
  • To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.
  • To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.
  • To gain information from (a person) by persistent questioning.
  • * Otway
    • But pump not me for politics.
  • To use a pump to move liquid or gas.
  • (slang) To be going very well.
  • (sports) To kick, throw or hit the ball far and high.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 5 , author=Michael Da Silva , title=Wigan 4 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Blackburn pumped long balls towards Diouf as they became increasingly desperate to salvage a point, but Wigan held on for a win that may prove crucial in their quest for Premier League survival.}}
  • (Scotland, slang) To pass gas; to fart.
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 82:
    • People never pumped , just never never, but sometimes ye got smells.
  • (computing) To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
  • * Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 documentation for Marshal.CleanupUnusedObjectsInCurrentContext
    • The interop system pumps messages while it attempts to clean up RCWs.

    Etymology 2

    The etymology of the term is unclear and disputed. One possibility is that it comes from "Pomp" (i.e. ornamentation), claimed in Skeat & Skeat's A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language'' (ISBN 9781596050921), and another is that it refers to the sound made by the foot moving inside the shoe when dancing, suggested as a probable source in Chambers's etymological dictionary (James Donald - Published by W. and R. Chambers, 1867). The Oxford English Dictionary claims that it appeared in the 16th century, and lists its origin as "obscure". It has also been linked to the Dutch ''pampoesje , possibly borrowed from Javanese "pampus", ultimately from Persian (papush) / Arabic (babush) (International archives of ethnography: Volume 9 - Intern. Gesellschaft für Ethnographie; Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië - Ter Lands-drukkerij, 1870).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A type of shoe, a trainer or sneaker.
  • (chiefly, North America) A type of very high-heeled shoe; stilettoes.
  • A shoe.
  • A type of shoe without a heel (source: Dictionarium Britannicum - 1736)
    • References
    * [http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-22,GGGL:en&q=pumps%20shoes&sa=N&tab=wi] Some images. * 1591' "Gabriel's ' pumps were all unpinkt i' th' heel" -- The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare
    Synonyms
    * (shoe) plimsoll (British), sneaker, trainer

    Derived terms

    * air pump * backpump * forepump * hand pump * petrol pump * price at the pump * pumped * pump fake * pump iron * pump room * pump up * stirrup pump * sump pump * under the pump ----

    grill

    English

    (wikipedia grill)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, Scotland, US) To make angry; provoke.
  • (transitive, chiefly, Scotland) To terrify; make tremble.
  • (intransitive, chiefly, Scotland) To tremble; shiver.
  • (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To snarl; snap.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) gril, .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • harsh, rough, severe; cruel

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • harm

    • Etymology 3

    1655, from (etyl) gril, from (etyl), from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).

    Alternative forms

    (wikipedia) * grille

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rack; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
  • *
    • The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
  • On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
  • A device comprising a source of radiant heat and a means of holding food near it, to cook it; a barbecue; a griddle.
  • (lb) A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.
  • The front teeth regarded collectively.
  • Food cooked on a grill.
  • Humorous misspelling of
    • Derived terms
    * mixed grill * grilling

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cook food on a grill; to barbecue.
    • Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?
  • (Australian, NZ, UK) To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.
  • (colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
    • The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime.
    Synonyms
    * See also