Pump (disambiguation)
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A pump
is a mechanical device used to move fluids and slurries.
Pump may also refer to:
Pump
A pump is a device used to move fluids, such as liquids, gases or slurries.A pump displaces a volume by physical or mechanical action. Pumps fall into three major groups: direct lift, displacement, and gravity pumps...
is a mechanical device used to move fluids and slurries.
Pump may also refer to:
- Pump (skateboarding)Pump (skateboarding)For other uses, see Pump Pumping is a longboarding technique used to gain speed without the riders' feet leaving the board. This is done by selectively applying pressure to different parts of the board. Pumping can be done on flatland by turning or on a transition like a ramp or quarter pipe...
A technique in skateboarding - Pump (constellation) or Antlia, an eighteenth-century faint constellation in the southern sky
- Laser pumpingLaser pumpingLaser pumping is the act of energy transfer from an external source into the gain medium of a laser. The energy is absorbed in the medium, producing excited states in its atoms. When the number of particles in one excited state exceeds the number of particles in the ground state or a less-excited...
Music
- Pump (band)Pump (band)Pump was an experimental, pre-electronica, band, active between 1979-93. They released five cassette albums as MFH on the YHR label before changing their name to Pump in 1986 and recording the LP “The Decoration of the Duma Continues” in 1987 and “Sombrero Fallout” in 1992 .- History :Andrew Cox ...
- Pump (album)Pump (album)*After the end of "What It Takes" there is a brief, untitled, instrumental hidden track composed and performed by Randy Raine-Reusch. This was not included on all the releases in all countries.-Bonus track :-Lawsuit:...
, by Aerosmith - Pump It UpPump It UpPump It Up, commonly abbreviated as PIU or shortened to just Pump, is a music video game series currently developed by Nexcade and published by Andamiro, a Korean arcade game producer. The game is typically played on a dance pad with five arrow panels: up-left, up-right, bottom-left, bottom-right,...
, a series of music video games abbreviated to just "Pump" - "The Pump", a song by Quiet Riot from QR IIIQR IIIQuiet Riot III is the fifth studio album released by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot in 1986. The name of this recording is short for "Quiet Riot III", and was released in 1986. Despite the title, this is actually the band's fifth album; however it was on their third major label/worldwide...
- Two different Caribbean drums, one each used in the music of Barbados and St Maarten
Footwear
- Court shoeCourt shoeCourt shoes or pumps are shoes with a low-cut front and usually without a fastening. However, some have ankle straps...
, a usually heeled slip-on shoe with a low-cut front (American English usage) - Plimsoll shoePlimsoll shoeA plimsoll shoe, plimsoll, or plimsole is a British English word for a type of athletic shoe with a canvas upper and rubber sole, developed as beachwear in the 1830s by the Liverpool Rubber Company. The shoe was originally, and often still is in parts of the United Kingdom, called a 'sand shoe' and...
, a style of athletic shoe (regional British English usage) - Athletic shoeAthletic shoeAthletic shoe is a generic name for the footwear primarily designed for sports or other forms of physical exercise but in recent years has come to be used for casual everyday activities....
with an internal inflation mechanism, e.g.- Reebok PumpReebok PumpThe Reebok Pump is a line of athletic shoes that was popular in the early 1990s. It was the first shoe to have an internal inflation mechanism that regulated a unique fitting cushion in two versions: the lower tongue; and also in the upper to provide locking around the ankle.-History:The original...
- Reebok Pump
- Ghillies (dance)Ghillies (dance)Ghillies are specially designed shoes used for several types of dance. They are soft shoes, similar to ballet shoes. They are used by women in Irish dance, by men in Scottish country dance, and by men and women in Highland dance....
, a soft, laced shoe worn by Scottish and Irish dancers - Ballet flatBallet flatBallet flats or Dolly shoes are derived from a woman's soft ballet slipper, with a very thin heel or the appearance of no heel at all. The style sometimes features a ribbon-like binding around the low tops of the slipper and may have a slight gathering at the top-front of the vamp and a tiny,...
, a flat-soled ballet shoe