pump

pump
pump
A n
1 Tech pompe f ; bicycle pump pompe à bicyclette ; air/vacuum pump pompe à air/à vide ; to prime the pump lit amorcer la pompe ; fig réamorcer la pompe ;
2 (squeeze) to give sb's hand a pump donner une poignée de main vigoureuse à qn ;
3 (plimsoll) chaussure f de sport ;
4 GB (flat shoe) ballerine f ;
5 US (shoe with heel) chaussure f à talon ;
6 (dancing shoe) chausson m de danse (pour homme) ;
7 (fire-engine) autopompe f.
B vtr
1 (push) pomper [air, gas, water, blood] (out of de) ; to pump oil around the engine pomper l'huile autour du moteur ; to pump air into a tyre injecter de l'air dans un pneu ; to pump sewage into the sea déverser les eaux usées dans la mer ; the boiler pumps water to the radiators la chaudière distribue l'eau dans les radiateurs ; to pump the hold dry pomper la cale à sec ; to pump bullets cracher des balles ; to pump sb full of drugs gaver qn de médicaments ; to pump sb full of lead truffer qn de plomb , mitrailler qn ; to pump iron faire de la gonflette ;
2 (move) actionner [handle, lever] ; to pump the brakes freiner par petits coups successifs ;
3 (shake) to pump sb's hand donner une poignée de main vigoureuse à qn ;
4 (question) cuisiner [person] (about à propos de) ; to pump sb for sth essayer de soutirer qch à qn [details, information] ; to pump sth out of sb soutirer qch à qn ;
5 Med to pump sb's stomach faire un lavage d'estomac à qn ; to have one's stomach pumped avoir un lavage d'estomac.
C vi
1 (function) [machine, piston] fonctionner ;
2 (flow) gicler (from, out of de) ;
3 (beat) [blood, heart] battre violemment.
Idiom
all hands to the pumps! il faut que tout le monde s'y mette!
Phrasal verbs
pump out :
pump out [sth], pump [sth] out
1 (pour out) débiter [music, propaganda] ; cracher [fumes] ; déverser [sewage] ;
2 (empty) pomper [qch] à sec [hold, pool] ; to pump sb's stomach out faire un lavage d'estomac à qn.
pump up :
pump up [sth], pump [sth] up
1 (inflate) gonfler [tyre, air bed] ;
2 (increase) monter [volume].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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