Pump and Swing

Pump

Pump verb - To make short up-and-down movements.
Usage example: the thighs of the bicyclists were pumping furiously as they neared the finish line

Swing and pump are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Swing" instead the word "Pump" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: pumped, pumping

Swing

Swing verb - To change one's course or direction.

Pump and swing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pump" instead the word "Swing" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: swinging, swinger, swingle

Common collocations

life pump life swing life
body pump body swing body
fist pump fist swing fist
arms pump arms swing arms
Other words: hands, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Dirty Bomb It's always worth it to take a second or two to pump a few rounds or a knife swing at that guy you just killed, just to be sure he's not shooting you in the face again ten seconds later.
  • Film / Land of the Dead Catch Phrase Charlie has:" Just look at me/him you can tell..." Chekhov's Skill: Big Daddy still remembers how to operate a gas pump, and the zombie butcher can still swing a cleaver.
Cite this Source
Swing and Pump. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pump/swing
Pump & Swing. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pump/swing>.
Swing or Pump. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pump/swing.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "pump" and "swing" have occurred on timeline