Pump (disambiguation)

A pump is a mechanical device used to move fluids or slurries.

Pump may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

  • Pump (album), a 1989 Aerosmith album
  • Pump (band) was an experimental, pre-electronica, band, active between 1979-1993.
  • Pump, a hard rock and heavy metal band from Germany, active since 2002.
  • Pump, two different Caribbean drums, one each used in the music of Barbados and St Maarten
  • Lil Pump, an American rapper and songwriter
  • "The Pump", a song by Quiet Riot from QR III

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

  • Pump (film), a 2014 film
  • Pump It Up or Pump, a series of music video games

Footwear

  • Ballet pump or ballet flat, a flat-soled ballet shoe
  • Court shoe, or pump, a heeled slip-on shoe with a low-cut front
  • Ghillies (dance), or pumps, soft, laced shoes worn by Scottish and Irish dancers
  • Plimsoll shoe or pump, a style of athletic shoe
  • Reebok Pump, a line of athletic shoes

Science and technology

  • Pump (constellation) or Antlia
  • Breast pump, a mechanical device that lactating women use to extract milk from their breasts
  • Heat pump, a device that transfers heat energy from a source of heat to a heat sink
  • Ion pump (biology), or ion transporter, a transmembrane protein that moves ions across a biological membrane against their concentration gradient through active transport
  • Ion pump (physics), or sputter ion pump, a type of vacuum pump which operates by sputtering a metal getter
  • Laser pumping, the act of energy transfer from an external source into the gain medium of a laser
  • Skeletal-muscle pump, a collection of skeletal muscles that aid the heart in the circulation of blood
  • Vacuum pump, a device that removes gas molecules from a sealed volume in order to leave behind a partial vacuum

Other uses

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See also

  • Pumping (disambiguation)
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