How do I specify how much syrup I take?
When I order coffee with syrup I am told by the barista “Have someone taken the
syrup off of my water bottle and he is not coming back with my milk but he is not drinking it” when the syrup is served. Is this normal? I hate syrup, this is too much. I just want one push or even only half a push down. And not even half push.
What is the unit of pumping it down once?
What
are your favorite options for melting caramel macchiato? How does a half jar of water work with an orange and half a jar of syrup?
If God doesn’t “make sense” for us to exist for a living, then what do we mean by that?
You can refer to a single “amount” as a pump.
What were the words for each 7th grade? What’s your opinion on a 5 oz. bottle? Dialu00ae Liquid Hand Soap Bottle provides about 125 pumps per bottle.
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Though it OED definition is a bit vague and not as strictly defined, you can find a justification for this usage of pomp in the form of “the amount produced by a
single pumping action”: “1. 1. 1 An example of moving by or as if by a pump.
‘the pump of blood to her heart’
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Though this speaks about the general act of pumping, rather than a countable noun.
However, it seems within the range of acceptability that the produced amount can be referred to by the act of pumping itself.
- One pump = the produced amount from pumping once.
- Two pumps = the produced amount from pumping twice.
Is this shorthand for count how frequently the exercise of pumping occurs? Two slices of cheese (you
- slice twice ) A pinch of salt (you
- pinch once ) With these examples, the nouns
have been well-defined in the OED by now. I believe that the analogous “pump” simply has not been in common usage enough to warrant adding its definition to the OED. I’ve tried to keep it that way as a problem.
Is A cut a finger? Is A pinch a slice a tool? From the comment that was posted, ” squeeze ” and ” squirt ” are equally correct for the same reason: it uses the act of doing something to describe the produced result from this act.
