Meaning

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

    сво́дничатьsvódničatʹ

  2. (transitive)To prostitute someone.

    The smooth-talking, tall man with heavy gold bracelets claimed he could pimp anyone.

    prostituieren

  3. (slang, transitive)To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle.

    You pimped out that motorcycle f'real, dawg.

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

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

    I gotta show you this sweet website where you can pimp your blog and get more readers.

  6. (US, 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.

More definitions
  • arrange for sexual partners for others

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Give some time to pimp up a little before we leave.

    Дай мені трохи часу, щоб я міг трохи нафарбуватися перед тим, як ми підемо.

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  2. Are you her pimp?

    Ти її сутенер?

    ruТы у неё сводником?

    deBist du ihr Zuhälter?

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  3. Ziri is a big time pimp.

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  4. I found out that he was a pimp.

    deIch fand heraus, dass er Zuhälter war.

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  5. Sami, a pimp, was the ultimate street predator.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to act as procurer of prostitutes:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to prostitute someone:

Origin

Origin unknown. Perhaps from French pimpant (“smart, sparkish”) or German Pimpf (“a boy, a

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”).

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Forms

pimps, pimping, pimped, pimped
Base formpimp · to pimp
3rd person singularpimps
Present participlepimping
Past simplepimped
Past participlepimped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypimp
he, she, itpimps

Past simpleLesson

all personspimped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pimped
he, she, ithas pimped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pimp

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

48 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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