Origin unknown. Perhaps from French pimpant (“smart, sparkish”) or German Pimpf (“a boy, a youth, a young squirt”). The Old English near-synonym was rendered by Old English forspennend (literally “a solicitor”).
Origin unknown. Perhaps from French pimpant (“smart, sparkish”) or German Pimpf (“a boy, a youth, a young squirt”). The Old English near-synonym was rendered by Old English forspennend (literally “a solicitor”).
Meanings
Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.
"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:
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:
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:
(qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) A man who can easily attract women.
Origin unknown. Perhaps from French pimpant (“smart, sparkish”) or German Pimpf (“a boy, a youth, a young squirt”). The Old English near-synonym was rendered by Old English forspennend (literally “a solicitor”).
Meanings
(intransitive) To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.
(transitive) To prostitute someone.
The smooth-talking, tall man with heavy gold bracelets claimed he could pimp anyone.
(qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle.
You pimped out that motorcycle f'real, dawg.
(slang, transitive) To 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:
(US, slang, transitive) To promote, to tout.
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:
I gotta show you this sweet website where you can pimp your blog and get more readers.
(US, slang) To 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.
bg своднича (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · es cafishiar (to prostitute someone) · pt prostituir (to prostitute someone) · it procacciare (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · fr prostituer (to prostitute someone) · fi tentata (medicine:to ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student) · fi taivutella (to persuade or trick another into doing something for your benefit) · el εκπορνεύω (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · fr maquereauter (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · fa جاکشی کردن (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · fr prostituer (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · fi parittaa (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · ta கூட்டிக்கொடு (to prostitute someone) · el εκπορνεύω (to prostitute someone) · nl oppimpen (to excessively customize) · cmn 拉客 (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · ar قَوَّدَ (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · es putear (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · fi puffata (to promote, tout) · ar قَادَ (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · es cafishear (to prostitute someone) · fi tuunata (to excessively customize) · ta ஏமாற்று (to persuade or trick another into doing something for your benefit) · cmn 拉皮條 /拉皮条 (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · ta கூட்டிக்கொடு (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · de prostituieren (to prostitute someone) · fr maquereller (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · it risistemare (to excessively customize) · pt cafetinar (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · es enchular (to excessively customize) · it prostituire (to prostitute someone) · ta மாமா வேலை பார் (to prostitute someone) · el μαστροπεύω (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · ru сво́дничать (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · fa کسکشی کردن (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · es tunear (to excessively customize) · tr pezevenklik yapmak (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · nl prostitueren (to prostitute someone) · nl pimpen (to excessively customize) · nl souteneren (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · fi pimpata (to excessively customize) · fi kuulustella (medicine:to ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student) · hu kerít (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · fi toimia sutenöörinä (to act as procurer of prostitutes) · fi tehdä jostakusta prostituoitu (to prostitute someone) · pt alcovitar (to act as procurer of prostitutes)
From Brythonic numerals, from Proto-Brythonic *pɨmp.
Cognate with Welsh pump, Cornish pymp, Breton pemp. Doublet of cinque, fin (“five currency units”), finnuf, five, ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii.
Meanings
(qualifier:Cumbria and Old Welsh) Five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting.