pomper

English

Etymology

Possibly an alteration of pamper (To feed luxuriously.).

Pronunciation

Verb

pomper (third-person singular simple present pompers, present participle pompering, simple past and past participle pompered)

  1. (obsolete) To pamper; To feed luxuriously.

Further reading

French

Etymology

From pompe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ̃.pe/
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Verb

pomper

  1. to pump
  2. (Europe, slang) to copy
  3. (reflexive, Quebec, slang) to grow angrier as time goes on, especially if there are no further reasons to do so
  4. (slang) to fellate
  5. (colloquial, figurative) to annoy
    • 1973, Jean Eustache, La Maman et la Putain, spoken by Marie:
      Je pensais que vous seriez capable de faire quelque chose pour moi. Or, vous en êtes incapable ! Tout ce que vous savez faire, c'est pomper les gens.
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  6. (rare) to make pumped up

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Further reading

Latin

Verb

pomper

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pompō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pomper

  1. indefinite plural of pomp