pimp out
To prostitute, take advantage of, exploit, use, to hire out or provide to others like…To prostitute, take advantage of, exploit, use, to hire out or provide to others like a whore.
» Sami was pimping out his workers because they were illegal immigrants.
OsoHombre · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(US, slang, transitive)To prostitute, take advantage of, exploit, use, to hire out or provide to others like a whore.
2005, Spin Magazine Spouting some of the most hilarious "urban" dialogue Quentin Tarantino ever wrote, Spivey (Gary Oldman) throws raging parties and pimps out feisty ho Alabama
2005 Jocelyn M. Pollock, Prisons: today and tomorrow To be turned out, prostituted, pimped out, or turned into an inmate whore.
(US, slang, transitive)To make showy improvements to; to adorn or beautify.
2008, David Meerman Scott Need to Know to Get Started Pimp Out Your Blog Building an Audience for Your New Blog Tag, and Your Buyer Is It Blogging Outside of North America What Are You
Examples
3 sentencesSami was pimping out his workers because they were illegal immigrants.
He drives a pimped-out Cadillac Escalade.
deEr fährt einen aufgemotzten Cadillac Escalade. — Yorwba
Sami pimped Layla out.
Forms
pimps out, pimping out, pimped out, pimped out| Base form | pimp out · to pimp out |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | pimps out |
| Present participle | pimping out |
| Past simple | pimped out |
| Past participle | pimped out |
irregular
Synonyms
9 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.