lift pump

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   pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up

   Broaderpump

Questions about lift pump

What does lift pump mean?

lift pump means "pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up".

Is lift pump a common word?

lift pump is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.