Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pimp out en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (US, slang, transitive) To prostitute, take advantage of, exploit, use, to hire out or provide to others like a whore.
    • 2005, Spin Magazine Spouting some of the most hilarious "urban" dialogue Quentin Tarantino ever wrote, Spivey (Gary Oldman) throws raging parties and pimps out feisty ho Alabama
    • You can't pimp out a ho on no earth level. 2000, Ice-T, quoted in Josh Kun, “Quickfix: Pimps in Space”, CMJ New Music Monthly, ISSN 1074-6978, Number 84 (August 2000), page 12
    • My mom pimped me out, for my fundraising skills, to the United Way for a fundraiser.
    • I hate men that live off the earnings of the prostitutes that they pimp out.
    • 2005 Jocelyn M. Pollock, Prisons: today and tomorrow To be turned out, prostituted, pimped out, or turned into an inmate whore.
    • Scott likes pimping out his girlfriend to his friends.
    • The young prostitute he pimped out. 2010, John De Vito, Frank Tropea, Epic television miniseries: a critical history, page 108
  2. (US, slang, transitive) To make showy improvements to; to adorn or beautify.
    • 2006, Games Access Unwired There's also a special meter that lies underneath the health bar which increases as the fight ensues, and fills more rapidly if your fighter is pimped out with the latest kicks, bling and hairdos.
    • 2008, David Meerman Scott Need to Know to Get Started Pimp Out Your Blog Building an Audience for Your New Blog Tag, and Your Buyer Is It Blogging Outside of North America What Are You

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pimped out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pimped out Tense=Past lexicographic
pimps out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pimping out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

prostitute oneself

Hypernyms

work

Hyponyms

turn out

Relateds

brothel · bludge

Synonyms

ponce · dog out · whore · pimp up · pander · prostitute · pimp out · punk · pimp · mack out · whore out · hustle (to prostitute) · mack