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pimp¹
- /pɪmp/
Rhymes with -ɪmp
Where it comes from
Origin unknown. Perhaps from French pimpant (“smart, sparkish”) or German Pimpf (“a boy, a youth, a young squirt”). The Old English near-synonym was rendered by Old English forspennend (literally “a solicitor”).
noun pimps
- Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander. "I'm not a whore. You're a pimp and a stupid American, and if you want to pick up a silly bitch on the street you'd better go back to the other side where you belong!"
- A man who can easily attract women.
Similar: abbot, bludger, bully, cock-bawd, dalaal, fishmonger, flashman, fleshmonger, hoon, hustler, mackerel, mack, mack daddy, muttonmonger, nookie-bookie, pandar, pimp, pussymonger, ruffian, souteneur, sweetman, whoreman, whoremaster
verb pimps · pimping · pimped
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To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.
Similar: procure
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To prostitute someone.
The smooth-talking, tall man with heavy gold bracelets claimed he could pimp anyone.
Similar: hustle, whore out, dog out, mack, pander, pimp, pimp out, ponce, prostitute, punk, whore
- To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle. You pimped out that motorcycle f'real, dawg.
- To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff). Only an attending physician can pimp a chief resident; the chief resident and attending can pimp a junior resident; they all three can pimp an intern.
- To promote, to tout. I gotta show you this sweet website where you can pimp your blog and get more readers.
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To persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.
I pimped her out of $2,000 and she paid for the entire stay at the Bahamas.
Similar: bewile, convince, abuse, beglammer, counterfeit, deceive, catch, trap into, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, jiff
adjective
- Excellent, fashionable, stylish.
pimp²
- /pɪmp/
Rhymes with -ɪmp
Where it comes from
From Brythonic numerals, from Proto-Brythonic *pɨmp.
Cognate with Welsh pump, Cornish pymp, Breton pemp. Doublet of cinque, fin (“five currency units”), finnuf, five, ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii.
number
- Five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pandar, pander, fancy man, procurer, ponce, panderer, scumbag, scum, mal, mac, flower, mackerel, purveyor, prostitutor, prostitute, escort
noun
Similar: abbot, bludger, bully, cock-bawd, dalaal, fishmonger, flashman, fleshmonger, hoon, hustler, mackerel, mack, mack daddy, muttonmonger, nookie-bookie, pandar, pimp, pussymonger, ruffian, souteneur, sweetman, whoreman, whoremaster
Translations
Every language
noun prostitution solicitor
| Español | chulo, proxeneta, rufián, cafiche, cabrón, padrote |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 뚜쟁이 ttujaeng'i, 뚜 ttu, 기둥서방 gidungseobang, 포주 poju |
| 日本語 | 女衒 zegen, ポン引き ponbiki |
| 中文 | 皮條客 /皮条客 pítiáokè, 老鴇 /老鸨 lǎobǎo |
| हिन्दी | दलाल dalāl, कुटनी kuṭnī, भड़ुआ bhaṛuā |
| Kiswahili | buzi |
| Português | cafetão, proxeneta, safado, chulo, alcoviteiro |
| Français | souteneur, maquereau, mac, proxénète |
| Deutsch | Zuhälter, Lude, Kuppler |
| Italiano | magnaccia, pappone, protettore, ruffiano, lenone, prosseneta |
| Ελληνικά | προαγωγός proagogós, μαστροπός mastropós, σωματέμπορος somatémporos, νταβατζής ntavatzís |
| Română | proxenet, pește |
| Русский | сутенёр sutenjór, сво́дник svódnik, сво́дница svódnica, сво́дня svódnja |
| Tiếng Việt | kẻ mối lái, ma cô |
| العربية | قَوَّاد qawwād |
| עברית | סַרְסוּר sarsúr |
verb to act as procurer of prostitutes
| Español | putear |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 拉皮條 /拉皮条 lā pítiáo, 拉客 lākè |
| Português | cafetinar, alcovitar |
| Français | prostituer, maquereller, maquereauter |
| Italiano | procacciare |
| Ελληνικά | εκπορνεύω ekpornévo, μαστροπεύω mastropévo |
| Русский | сво́дничать svódničatʹ |
| العربية | قَادَ qāda, قَوَّدَ qawwada |
verb to prostitute someone
| Español | cafishear, cafishiar |
|---|---|
| Português | prostituir |
| Français | prostituer |
| Deutsch | prostituieren |
| Italiano | prostituire |
| Ελληνικά | εκπορνεύω ekpornévo |
verb to excessively customize
| Español | tunear, enchular |
|---|---|
| Italiano | risistemare |
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