Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Apr 14, 2022 21:24
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English term
Pumped
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Pumped
Pumped. Dark hair. Nervous.
It is description for a person. Is that means he has muscles?
Thanks in advance,
It is description for a person. Is that means he has muscles?
Thanks in advance,
Responses
4 +5 | excited | Rodrigo Bovino |
5 -1 | Entusiasta | Victor Torres |
4 -1 | empolgada/enérgica/agitada | Renaly Ferreira |
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excited
pumped
adjective informal mainly US
UK /pʌmpt/ US /pʌmpt/
excited about something that is going to happen
adjective informal mainly US
UK /pʌmpt/ US /pʌmpt/
excited about something that is going to happen
Example sentence:
Everyone was so pumped before the game.
Peer comment(s):
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David Hollywood
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philgoddard
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Sajad Neisi
8 hrs
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agree |
Anastasia Kalantzi
: or Full of confidence, Overexcited
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george r.
: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pumped
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Comment: "Thank you."
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Entusiasta
I'm sure this option is viable in the given context.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: Not viable as an answer to an English monolingual question
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empolgada/enérgica/agitada
O uso de Pumped como adjetivo quer dizer que algo ou alguém é divertido, animado, entusiasmado. Espero que a referência ajude. :)
Discussion
Here's a bit of the surrounding context (found the transcript):
"I thought you already had him.
You had him and you let him go?!
He's just a suspect for now.
Punter comes in, orders an unusual drink. You tend to remember that.
Monday night. 9pm.
Lime soda, Helles Lager.
Ring any bells? Lime soda was hot. He flirted, so I knew he was interested.
Then Helles Lager turns up.
Can you describe him?
Helles Lager?
Pumped. Dark hair. Nervous.
They weren't close.
Which made me happy, 'cause I quite fancied lime soda.
He's dead.
That's a shame. He was cute.
What about this man? Have you seen him?
Yeah, I've seen him. Not for me."
There is the Aussie expression "under the pump," but I think the asker is on the right track here: "Tiggie, 'to look pumped' in the body building/gym world means that the muscles look well defined, extended to their utmost (just like a soufflé ;))."
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/even-a-snuffle-looks...
Makes way more sense as a reply to "Can you describe him?" than "Excited. Dark hair. Nervous."
Best wishes
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pumped#:~:text=Sl. to e...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Y8lHEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT201&lp...
Can you tell us the sentence that comes before this one and the one that comes after it? They might help us determine the correct meaning.