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pimp
[ pimp ]
noun
- a despicable person.
- Australia and New Zealand. an informer; stool pigeon.
verb (used without object)
- to act as a pimp, soliciting customers for a prostitute or brothel in return for a share of the earnings.
- to engage in promotion or publicizing:
She's used her blog before to pimp for her brother's band.
verb (used with object)
- to act as a pimp for, procuring customers for a prostitute or brothel (sometimes followed by out ):
It won't be long before the so-called boyfriend starts pimping her out.
- to promote; sell:
We'll send you albums and pimp your websites on ours.
- to exploit:
You've been accused of pimping your friendships, using them as material for your novels.
- to customize, modify, or decorate (a car or the like); deck out (sometimes followed by up or out):
My cousin pimped his lowrider with some wild hydraulics.
- to make more appealing; rejuvenate; elevate; jazz up (sometimes followed by up or out): This article on pimping your skincare routine is all about buying new products.
The chef likes to pimp her burgers with a fried egg and truffle oil.
This article on pimping your skincare routine is all about buying new products.
pimp
1/ pɪmp /
noun
- a spy or informer
verb
- introften foll byon to inform (on)
pimp
2/ pɪmp /
noun
- a man who solicits for a prostitute or brothel and lives off the earnings
- a man who procures sexual gratification for another; procurer; pander
verb
- intr to act as a pimp
- slang.tr to adapt or embellish in an ostentatious manner
Word History and Origins
Origin of pimp1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pimp1
Origin of pimp2
Example Sentences
He has said he believes Al Sharpton is a “race pimp” and a pig.
Amirpour sees the pimp as a liberator rather than a predator.
Two men also were found dead inside, one of them the reported pimp.
Clarence ends up killing the pimp, and instead of taking her clothes, walks away with a briefcase full of cocaine.
Would it have been better if I had a song that said, ‘I am a gangster’ or ‘I am a pimp’?
In those false, fascinating pages he is a consummate scoundrel, "a mere cringing courtier and a pimp."
Pander, pan′dėr, n. one who procures for another the means of gratifying his passions: a pimp.
Pimp, pimp, n. one who procures gratifications for the lust of others: a pander.
As long as you've been a Pimp, you should fall for that stuff—Screw—get out of my sight.
Inmate Nellie says she turns her earnings over to her pimp, X 74.
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