pumped adj.
1. (also pumped out) out of breath, exhausted [one’s heart is pumping fast].
Ask Mamma 297: ‘Where’s your own horse?’ Monsieur – Pomped out de beggar; had no go in ’im; left him in a ditch. | ||
Golden Butterfly I 13: ‘Getting pumped,’ said Ladds the critical. | ||
Civil & Military Gaz. 2 Aug. (1909) 39: He would wait till the old man was pretty well pumped out . | ‘Shadow of His Hand’ in||
Out Back 127: Why, you are clean pumped! I mean blown! | ||
Boy’s Own Paper 12 Jan. 232: ‘Stop a minute!’ panted little Alison. ‘I’m pumped.’. | ||
Bulletin (Sydney) 7 Dec. 31/2: At larst the alligator gets a bit pumped, an’ Bill manages to ketch up, an’ lets drive fair on the head. | ||
Gutted 247: ‘You look pumped’ [...] ‘That wee prick’s gonna be pumped’. |
2. exhausted from a surfeit of sexual intercourse [ext. of sense 1 plus pump v. (3)].
letter 10 Jan. in Charters I (1995) 300: I was completely bushed and pumped out. |
3. (orig. US) having well-developed muscles [pump iron under iron n.].
🎵 Never fess, bench press so that you can be pumped. | ‘’Rikers Island||
Fortress of Solitude 428: You’d best have gotten pumped quickly at Rikler’s or you wouldn’t even be able to budge the set [of weights] here. | ||
Back to the Dirt 13: [R]eaching across his pumped chest, forearms bulged. |
4. (US campus) excited, in high spirits.
Money-Whipped Steer-Job 185: [Y]ou can’t help but be pumped about the fact that you’re playing in the U.S. of Open [sic]. | ||
Brotherhood of Corruption 229: ‘Keep your pants on just a little longer. The girl’s in the bar now.’ I was pumped, knowing that girl was a street term for cocaine. | ||
Kick 123: Coach Hill was pumped at halftime. | ||
Longview News-Jrnl (TX) 10 Jan. C6/5: ‘I wish I could say [...] it’s a super positive move and everyone’s so pumped about it’. | ||
Good Girl Stripped Bare 48: Graduating with a journalism degree and radio scholarship, I’m pretty pumped. |
In compounds
(US) temporary courage.
Prison Sl. 94: Pumped Nuts Temporary bravery or aggression. |