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pump | pool |

As nouns the difference between pump and pool

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 pool is a (l) (male person ).

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 ----

    pool

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pool, pole, pol, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water.
    • the pools of Solomon
  • *
  • * (rfdate) :
    • Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool .
  • * (rfdate) :
    • The sleepy pool above the dam.
  • A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • The filthy mantled pool beyond your cell.
  • A swimming pool.
  • A supply of resources.
    • Derived terms
    * swimming pool * tidepool * whirlpool
    Descendants
    * Japanese:

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of a liquid) to form a pool

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) , which has been explained anecdotally as deriving from an old informal betting game in France - 'jeu de poule' - Game of Chicken (or Hen, literally) in which poule became synonymous with the combined money pot claimed by the winner)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.
  • * (rfdate) (William Makepeace Thackeray):
    • He plays pool at the billiard houses.
  • In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
  • Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
  • The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
  • A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.
    • The pool took all the wheat offered below the limit.
    He put $10,000 into the pool .
  • (rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
  • (legal) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
    • Derived terms
    * blind pool * bumper pool * carpool * cesspool * dirty pool * gene pool * kelly pool * motor pool * pool hall * pool table * poolroom * tidal pool * vanpool

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic
  • * (rfdate) Grant:
    • Finally, it favors the pooling of all issues.
  • to combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction

    • Anagrams

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