gorilla pimp

noun

A pimp who is physically violent toward the prostitutes he manages.

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Meanings

noungorilla pimp (plural gorilla pimps)

plural gorilla pimps

  1. informalslangA pimp who is physically violent toward the prostitutes he manages.
verbgorilla pimp (third-person singular simple present gorilla pimps, present participle gorilla pimping, simple past and past participle gorilla pimped)

present singular third person gorilla pimps · participle present gorilla pimping · participle past gorilla pimped · past gorilla pimped

  1. informalintransitiveslangtransitiveuncommonTo work or operate as a gorilla pimp.

    Plus, he was gorilla pimping them trying to make them buy his dope.

    2017, Lex, CheckMate - It's Your Move, page 47
    2 more examples

    Terri never met a man as hateful and abusive as Mo-red. He gorilla pimped Charlene, made him conform to his wants by beating him.

    2004, Tony Lindsay, Chasin' It, page 6

    My life just went completely out of control, I carried pistols everyday^([sic]) I was very challenging, I would fight all of my girlfriends slapping them around and gorilla pimping them.

    2005, George Love, Who Do You Say I Am?, page 20
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APA

gorilla pimp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorilla%20pimp

MLA

“gorilla pimp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorilla%20pimp. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gorilla pimp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorilla%20pimp.

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