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Definition of pimp - 7 dictionary results

pimp

  [pimp]
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–noun
1. a person, esp. a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer.
2. a despicable person.
3. Australia and New Zealand. an informer; stool pigeon.
–verb (used without object)
4. to act as a pimp.
–verb (used with object)
5. to act as a pimp for.
6. to exploit.
Origin:
1630–40; orig. uncert.
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pimp   (pĭmp)   
n.  One who finds customers for a prostitute; a procurer.
intr.v.   pimped, pimp·ing, pimps
To serve as a procurer of prostitutes.

[Origin unknown.]
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Slang Dictionary
pimp

  1. n.
    a man who solicits business for a prostitute. (Use caution with pimpand the topic.) : The guy with the diamond rings looks like a pimp.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

pimp 
1607, perhaps from M.Fr. pimper "to dress elegantly" (16c.), prp. of pimpant "alluring in dress, seductive." Weekley suggests M.Fr. pimpreneau, defined in Cotgrave (1611) as "a knave, rascall, varlet, scoundrell." The word also means "informer, stool pigeon" in Australia and New Zealand and in S.Africa, where by early 1960s it existed in Swahili form impimpsi. The verb is attested from 1636. Pimpmobile first recorded 1973.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: pimp
Pronunciation: 'pimp
Function: noun
: one who derives income from the earnings of a prostitute usually by soliciting business —compare PANDERER

Main Entry: pimp
Function: intransitive verb
: to work as a pimp —compare PANDERING
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
PIMP
peeing in my pants
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