Meanings
present singular third person pimps up · participle present pimping up · participle past pimped up · past pimped up
- informalintransitiveTo get dressed up in showy clothing or jewellery.
I need to pimp up a little before going out.
Synonyms: dress up
- informaltransitiveTo decorate or prettify in a showy manner.
A thin, crunchy lemon and thyme rosti was essentially the pimped-up aesthetic of the Kettle chip. That's OK. I like Kettle chips.
2011 December 18, Jay Rayner, “Restaurant review: Aurelia”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022Synonyms: pimp out
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo get dressed up in showy clothing or jewellery.
verbTo decorate or prettify in a showy manner.
Translations
Finnish tuunata, kruusata
- tuunatainformal: to decorate, prettify
- kruusatainformal: to decorate, prettify
French tuner
- tunerinformal: to decorate, prettify
German aufmotzen, aufpimpen
- aufmotzeninformal: to decorate, prettify
- aufpimpeninformal: to decorate, prettify
Polish picować, odpicowywać
- picowaćinformal: to decorate, prettify
- odpicowywaćinformal: to decorate, prettify
- odpicowaćinformal: to decorate, prettify
Spanish tunear, enchular
- tunearinformal: to decorate, prettify
- enchularinformal: to decorate, prettify
- pichicatearinformal: to decorate, prettify
Cite this entry
pimp up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pimp%20up
“pimp up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pimp%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pimp up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pimp%20up.
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