Meanings
adjectivepimping (comparative more pimping, superlative most pimping)
comparative more pimping · superlative most pimping
- slangAfrican-American VernacularConsisting of or having the qualities of a pimp.
nounpimping (countable and uncountable, plural pimpings)
plural pimpings
- countableuncountableThe practise of managing and hiring out prostitutes.
His young adult life was marked by a series of robberies, forgeries, pimpings, assaults, and incarcerations at increasingly tougher institutions. The FBI had investigated him under the Dyer Act for the interstate transport of stolen cars.
2017, John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, page 119 - countableslanguncountableThe process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pimp
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
By surface analysis, pimp + -ing.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قِوَادَة
- قِوَادَة (qiwāda)practise of procuring prostitutes
Bulgarian сво́дничество
- сво́дничество (svódničestvo)practise of procuring prostitutes
Catalan proxenetisme, alcavoteria
- proxenetismepractise of procuring prostitutes
- alcavoteriapractise of procuring prostitutes
Chinese Mandarin 拉皮條 /拉皮条
- 拉皮條 /拉皮条 (lā pítiáo)practise of procuring prostitutes
Czech kuplířství
- kuplířstvípractise of procuring prostitutes
Danish rufferi
- rufferipractise of procuring prostitutes
Dutch souteneurschap, pimpen
- souteneurschappractise of procuring prostitutes
- pimpenprocess of modifying a vehicle
- oppimpenprocess of modifying a vehicle
Finnish paritus, tuunaus
- parituspractise of procuring prostitutes
- tuunausprocess of modifying a vehicle
French proxénétisme, maquerellage
- proxénétismepractise of procuring prostitutes
- maquerellagepractise of procuring prostitutes
- maquereautagepractise of procuring prostitutes
German Zuhälterei, geschäftsmäßige Kuppelei
- Zuhältereipractise of procuring prostitutes
- geschäftsmäßige Kuppeleipractise of procuring prostitutes
- aufmotzenprocess of modifying a vehicle
Italian lenocinio, prossenetismo
- lenociniopractise of procuring prostitutes
- prossenetismopractise of procuring prostitutes
- favoreggiamento (della prostituzione)practise of procuring prostitutes
Latin lēnōcinium
- lēnōciniumpractise of procuring prostitutes
Norwegian Bokmål rufferi, kobleri
- rufferipractise of procuring prostitutes
- kobleripractise of procuring prostitutes
- alfonseripractise of procuring prostitutes
- hallikvirksomhetpractise of procuring prostitutes
Polish sutenerstwo, stręczycielstwo
- sutenerstwopractise of procuring prostitutes
- stręczycielstwopractise of procuring prostitutes
- kuplerstwopractise of procuring prostitutes
- rajfurstwopractise of procuring prostitutes
- tuningprocess of modifying a vehicle
Portuguese proxenetismo, cafetinagem
- proxenetismopractise of procuring prostitutes
- cafetinagempractise of procuring prostitutes
- alcovitagempractise of procuring prostitutes
- tuningprocess of modifying a vehicle
Russian сутенёрство, сво́дничество
- сутенёрство (sutenjórstvo)practise of procuring prostitutes
- сво́дничество (svódničestvo)practise of procuring prostitutes
Spanish alcahuetería, proxenetismo
- alcahueteríapractise of procuring prostitutes
- proxenetismopractise of procuring prostitutes
- rufianeríapractise of procuring prostitutes
- lenociniopractise of procuring prostitutes
- celestinazgopractise of procuring prostitutes
Swedish koppleri
- koppleripractise of procuring prostitutes
Turkish pezevenklik
- pezevenklikpractise of procuring prostitutes
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APA
pimping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pimping
MLA
“pimping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pimping. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pimping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pimping.
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