pimp

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noun

The definition of a pimp is someone who finds customers for prostitutes and takes a portion of their earnings.
An example of a pimp is someone in charge of a group of prostitutes.

verb

Pimp is defined as to find customers for prostitutes, or to elaborately decorate something.
1. An example of to pimp is for a man to find other men to sleep with prostitutes.
2. An example of to pimp is to put a lot of fancy decorations and accessories on a car.

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pimp

a man who manages and, often, controls a prostitute or prostitutes and their earnings

Origin of pimp

probably from or akin to Middle French pimper, to allure, dress smartly

to act as a pimp

to promote or exploit: often with out
to decorate or embellish, specif. in a lavish or garish way: often with out

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pimp

noun

One who finds customers for a prostitute; a procurer.

verb

pimped, pimp·ing, pimps

verb

intransitive

To serve as a procurer of prostitutes.
To compromise one's principles, especially in promoting the interests of another, for personal gain: politicians pimping for campaign contributors.

verb

transitive

To customize or adorn, often garishly: pimped his car.

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Noun

(plural pimps)

A person who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for prostitutes; a panderer.
(African American Vernacular slang) A man who can easily attract women.

Verb

(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.
To prostitute someone.
The smooth-talking, tall man with heavy gold bracelets claimed he could pimp anyone.
(US, African American Vernacular) To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle, according to ghetto standards (also pimp out).
You pimped out that AC (air conditioner) f'real (for real), dawg.
(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).
(US, slang) To promote, to tout.
I gotta show you this sweet website where you can pimp your blog and get more readers.
(slang) 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.