Meaning

(transitive, video games, slang, Fortnite) To kill someone in one shot with a pump action shotgun..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, video games, slang, Fortnite) To kill someone in one shot with a pump action shotgun.
2. (video games, slang, Fortnite) An instance of one-pumping.

Example Sentences

The arrival of season 4 also saw the arrival of the much prophesied comets to coincide with the superhero theme, which ultimately meant just different skins to wear while a young child one-pumps you.

After getting one-pumped by an enemy sitting inside of a build in the top six players of a Solo match, Tfue voiced his ire about skill-based matchmaking in Fortnite—and it was an R-rated display.

Pump Shotguns are notoriously fickle weapons to carry. You have the ability to one-pump someone, while also being completely let down by it in the next breath with an unexpectedly weak shot.

When you get knocked down by a single pump shotgun shot, you'll be one-pumped. It's used to describe that all it took was a single pump shotgun bullet to take out your remaining health points.

In the video, the policeman starts building and cranking 90s while editing through and eventually catches up to the player and one pumps them, eliminating them from the match.

No more one-pumps

How can you spot a Fortniter at Starbucks? / They order everything with one pump.

Gone are the "one-pump" days as the all-new Fortnite Shotgun nerf has ended up making the weapon class less appealing. Without powerful sniper rifles and shotguns, players could end up stuck in an endless loop of a spray meta that almost everyone dislikes.

Word Forms

• one-pumps
• one-pumping
• one-pumped

When Should You Use One-pump?

Use one-pump when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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