pimp

plural pimps

1. Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.

   A fella looking dapper / And he's sittin' with a slapper / Then I see it's a pimp / And his crack whore

   2006, Lily Allen, Iyiola Babalola, Darren Lewis, Tommy McCook, “LDN”, in Alright, Still, performed by Lily Allen

   2 more examples

   "I'm not a whore. You're a pimp and a stupid American, and if you want to pick up a silly bitch on the street you'd better go back to the other side where you belong!"

   1969, Bonnie Bremser, Troia: Mexican Memoirs, page 111

   All my life, been hustling / And tonight is my appraisal / 'Cause I'm a hooker selling songs / And my pimp's a record label

   2018, Brendon Urie, Michael Angelakos, Sam Hollander, Morgan Kibby, Jake Sinclair, Dillon Francis, “Hey Look Ma, I Made It”, in Pray for the Wicked, performed by Panic! at the Disco

2. slangAfrican-American VernacularA man who can easily attract women.

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

1. intransitiveTo act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.

   Synonyms: procure

2. transitiveTo prostitute someone.

   The smooth-talking, tall man with heavy gold bracelets claimed he could pimp anyone.

   Synonyms: hustle, whore out, dog out, hustle, mack, pander, pimp out, ponce

3. slangtransitiveAfrican-American VernacularTo excessively customize something, especially a vehicle.

   You pimped out that motorcycle f'real, dawg.

   Synonyms: pimp out, pimp up, mack out

4. slangtransitivemedicineTo ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff).

   Only an attending physician can pimp a chief resident; the chief resident and attending can pimp a junior resident; they all three can pimp an intern.

   2004, Robert A. Blume, Arthur W. Combs, The Continuing American Revolution: A Psychological Perspective, page 183

5. USslangtransitiveTo promote, to tout.

   I gotta show you this sweet website where you can pimp your blog and get more readers.

   1 more example

   The trendy rehabs being pimped by the addiction industry's glossy PR.

   1990 February 4, Leonard Tirado, “Privatized 'Recovery' Versus Collective Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 19

   Synonyms: pitch, promote, spruik, tout

6. USslangTo persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.

   I pimped her out of $2,000 and she paid for the entire stay at the Bahamas.

   Synonyms: bewile, convince, abuse, beglammer, counterfeit, deceive, catch, trap into

1. slangExcellent, fashionable, stylish.

1. Cumbria and Old WelshFive in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting.