pimp
verb/pɪmp/
/pɪmp/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pimp | /pɪmp/ /pɪmp/ |
| he / she / it pimps | /pɪmps/ /pɪmps/ |
| past simple pimped | /pɪmpt/ /pɪmpt/ |
| past participle pimped | /pɪmpt/ /pɪmpt/ |
| -ing form pimping | /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/ /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] pimp (for somebody) to get customers for somebody working as a prostituteTopics Crime and punishmentc2
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- pimp somebody (to somebody) to provide somebody who will have sex with another person in exchange for money
- Joe pimped her to his customers.
- [transitive] (informal) to add things to something to make it look or sound better, especially by making it more individual
- pimp something Pimp your car with stylish custom wheels!
- pimp something up I would love to pimp the songs up.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
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