PIMP

pimp, procurer, panderer, pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce

(noun) someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)

pander, pimp, procure

(verb) arrange for sexual partners for others

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

pimp (plural pimps)

Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.

(African-American Vernacular, slang) A man who can easily attract women.

Verb

pimp (third-person singular simple present pimps, present participle pimping, simple past and past participle pimped)

(intransitive) To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.

(transitive) To prostitute someone.

(transitive, US, African-American Vernacular, slang) To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle, according to ghetto standards (also pimp out).

(transitive, medicine, slang) To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff).

(transitive, US, slang) To promote, to tout.

(US, slang) To persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.

Synonyms

• (prostitute someone): hustle, whore out; see also pimp out

• (promote, tout): pitch, promote, tout, spruik

Adjective

pimp

(slang) excellent, fashionable, stylish

Etymology 2

Numeral

pimp

(Cumbrian and Old Welsh) five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting

Anagrams

• impp.

Source: Wiktionary


Pimp, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pimpant smart, sparkish; perh. akin to piper to pipe, formerly also, to excel. Cf. Pipe.]

Definition: One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander. Swift.

Pimp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pimped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pimping.]

Definition: To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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