Associations to the word «Pumping»

Wiktionary

PUMPING, verb. Present participle of pump
PUMPING, noun. The act by which something is pumped.
PUMPING IRON, verb. Present participle of pump iron
PUMPING IRON, noun. (weightlifting): The activity of weightlifting, especially for the purposes of bodybuilding.
PUMPING LEMMA, noun. (computer science) A lemma which states that for a language to be a member of a language class any sufficiently long string in the language contains a section that can be removed or repeated any number of times with the resulting string remaining in the language, used to determine if a particular language is in a given language class (e.g. not regular).
PUMPING LEMMAS, noun. Plural of pumping lemma
PUMPING LEMMATA, noun. Plural of pumping lemma
PUMPING OUT, verb. Present participle of pump out
PUMPING UP, verb. Present participle of pump up

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky