Browsing page 114 of "P" words

verb

• to lift weights.

  Last edited on Apr 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

noun

• affectionate form of address for a loved one.

  Hey pumpkin! Happy birthday!

  Last edited on Dec 01 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 01 2011.

• to get punched in the head really hard or get caught from behind with a punch to the head.

  Big Merc caught a pumpkin head at Jason's party outside last by Lil' Beezie.

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Pookie from Indianapolis, IN, USA on Sep 11 2003.

adjective

• an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. "...Refers to the implication that a penlight shone into the patient's mouth would encounter a brain so small that the whole head would light up."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  
  Citation from "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).

  Last edited on May 31 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 23 2010.

• term used to tell someone to slow down or calm down

  You have no reason to be yelling - pump your breaks.

  Last edited on Feb 14 2006. Submitted by Nitzia on Feb 14 2006.

• To stop (from usually doing something dumb).

  You Better pump your breaks.

  Last edited on Dec 22 2002. Submitted by Monica C. from Palmdale, CA, USA on Dec 22 2002.

• statement of shock or alarm.

  Well pump my gas!

  Last edited on Dec 02 1998. Submitted by Haushinka D. from USA on Dec 02 1998.

verb - transitive

• to create in an unenthusiastic, inelegant, simplistic, or mostly automated way.

  I've been under such time pressure for the past few years that I haven't been able to really think about the code that I'm writing. I just have to pump it out.

  With 5 detective novels under my belt, it's pretty easy to pump another one out every couple months.

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 04 2011.