"priming the pump" meaning in All languages combined

See priming the pump on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} priming the pump
  1. present participle and gerund of prime the pump Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: prime the pump
    Sense id: en-priming_the_pump-en-verb-TnqjXwuZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "priming the pump",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "prime the pump"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of prime the pump"
      ],
      "id": "en-priming_the_pump-en-verb-TnqjXwuZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "prime the pump",
          "prime the pump#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "priming the pump"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "priming the pump",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English non-lemma forms",
        "English verb forms",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "prime the pump"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of prime the pump"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prime the pump",
          "prime the pump#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "priming the pump"
}

Download raw JSONL data for priming the pump meaning in All languages combined (0.6kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.