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pimp
[pimp] 
–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.
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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Pimp
Pimp\ (p[i^]mp), n. [Cf. F. pimpant smart, sparkish; perh. akin to piper to pipe, formerly also, to excel. Cf. Pipe.] One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander. --Swift.
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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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Main Entry: pimp
Pronunciation: 'pimp
Function: noun
: one who derives income from the earnings of a prostitute usually by soliciting business —compare PANDERER
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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| PIMP peeing in my pants |
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