Clues for the word "PUMP"
We've had 90 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 110 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on October 23, 2026.
Definition of pump
- n. - A low shoe with a thin sole.
- n. - An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston.
- v. t. - To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
- v. t. - To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship.
- v. t. - Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc.
- v. i. - To work, or raise water, a pump.
Referring Clues
- Hose site
- Lady's shoe
- Heart, essentially
- Gas station fixture
- Bilge need
- Gas provider
- Low-cut shoe
- Heart, basically
- Crude mover
- Remove liquid from woman's shoe (4)
- Inflation cause?
- Grill
- It may cause inflation
- Slip-on shoe
- Service station fixture
- Heat ___
- Cause of inflation?
- Heart, for one
- Work the biceps, e.g.
- "___ It Up" (1978 Elvis Costello hit)
- It gives you gas
- Heat ___
- Remove liquid from womans shoe (4)
- The heart, essentially
- Question persistently
- Shoe style
- Human heart, basically
- Gas-station sight
- Gasoline dispenser
- Heart, jocularly
- Gas station sight
- Shoe type
- Shell fixture
- Sort of shoe
- Water source
- Charlottetown ____
- Draw water
- Well device
- Compressor
- Gas station machine
- Source of inflation
- Well adjunct
- Water lift
- Siphon
- Low-cut woman's shoe
- Try to get information from shoe?
- Woman's shoe
- Gas station feature
- Lift, as weights in a gym
- Device for moving liquids by force or suction
- Well-used footwear?
- Plimsoll
- Interrogate arrogant young man about maiden
- Device for moving gas or liquid
- Device for raising and moving liquid or gas
- Device for driving air or liquid
- Machine for driving air or liquid
- It may be well-worn and well-used
- Question what might produce inflation
- Shoe - inflating device
- Cause of inflation?
- Source of air or gasoline
- Question a cause of inflation
- See 23
- Quiz to identify type of shoe
- A source of inspiration
- Do a filling station task
- Interrogate
- Football inflator
- What you might do with gas or a fist
- The heart, for one
- Leading politician well-informed about cause of inflation
- Water drawer
- Turn up with a politician to get information out of
- Try to get information from shoe?
- Classic shoe
- Low-cut dress shoe
- Liquid soap dispenser
- Source of gas or air
- Bike tire filler
- Place to get your fill?
- Well-connected device
- Bicyclist's accessory
- Heeled dress shoe
- Air inflator
- Fist ___ (celebratory gesture)
- Gas station station
- Premium outlet?
- Device used in a lactation room
- Remedy for deflation
Last Seen In
- New York Times - October 23, 2026
- New York Times - August 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 09, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 25, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 27, 2025
- New York Times - October 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 23, 2024
- LA Times - April 24, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 14, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 21, 2023
- New York Times - October 14, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 18, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - May 23, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 19, 2023
- USA Today - October 17, 2022
- Family Time - July 31, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 21, 2022
- USA Today - January 28, 2018
- Guardian Quick - January 11, 2018
- LA Times - October 31, 2017
- Netword - October 30, 2017
- Family Time - September 03, 2017
- USA Today - August 22, 2017
- LA Times - July 30, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - May 23, 2017
- Guardian Everyman - April 23, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - April 03, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 20, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - February 01, 2017
- And in 80 more crossword puzzles...