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pimping en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

By surface analysis, pimp + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (dated) Little or petty.
  2. (US, dialectal, obsolete) Puny; sickly.
  3. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) Consisting of or having the qualities of a pimp.

Forms

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more pimping Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most pimping Degree=Sup lexicographic

pimping en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

By surface analysis, pimp + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The 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:
  2. (countable, slang, uncountable) The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pimpings Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

pandering · procuring · procuration · proxenetism · procurement · poncing

Translations (53)

ca proxenetisme (practise of procuring prostitutes) · nn hallikverksemd (practise of procuring prostitutes) · sh сво̏днӣштво (practise of procuring prostitutes) · cs kuplířství (practise of procuring prostitutes) · pl tuning (process of modifying a vehicle) · ar قِوَادَة (practise of procuring prostitutes) · nn alfonseri (practise of procuring prostitutes) · fr maquerellage (practise of procuring prostitutes) · pt alcovitagem (practise of procuring prostitutes) · nl oppimpen (process of modifying a vehicle) · it favoreggiamento (della prostituzione) (practise of procuring prostitutes) · it prossenetismo (practise of procuring prostitutes) · be зводніцтва (practise of procuring prostitutes) · pt tuning (process of modifying a vehicle) · sh svȍdnīštvo (practise of procuring prostitutes) · es celestinazgo (practise of procuring prostitutes) · mk сводништво (practise of procuring prostitutes) · nb kobleri (practise of procuring prostitutes) · be сутэнёрства (practise of procuring prostitutes) · cmn 拉皮條 /拉皮条 (practise of procuring prostitutes) · pt cafetinagem (practise of procuring prostitutes) · nl souteneurschap (practise of procuring prostitutes) · de Zuhälterei (practise of procuring prostitutes) · pl sutenerstwo (practise of procuring prostitutes) · nl pimpen (process of modifying a vehicle) · es lenocinio (practise of procuring prostitutes) · nb alfonseri (practise of procuring prostitutes) · tr pezevenklik (practise of procuring prostitutes) · nb hallikvirksomhet (practise of procuring prostitutes) · es alcahuetería (practise of procuring prostitutes) · ru сутенёрство (practise of procuring prostitutes) · it lenocinio (practise of procuring prostitutes) · fr maquereautage (practise of procuring prostitutes) · es proxenetismo (practise of procuring prostitutes) · pt proxenetismo (practise of procuring prostitutes) · ota پزونكلك (practise of procuring prostitutes) · fi tuunaus (process of modifying a vehicle) · pl stręczycielstwo (practise of procuring prostitutes) · fi paritus (practise of procuring prostitutes) · es rufianería (practise of procuring prostitutes) · nb rufferi (practise of procuring prostitutes) · de geschäftsmäßige Kuppelei (practise of procuring prostitutes) · bg сво́дничество (practise of procuring prostitutes) · pl rajfurstwo (practise of procuring prostitutes) · ru сво́дничество (practise of procuring prostitutes) · nn kopleri (practise of procuring prostitutes) · fr proxénétisme (practise of procuring prostitutes) · la lēnōcinium (practise of procuring prostitutes) · sv koppleri (practise of procuring prostitutes) · ca alcavoteria (practise of procuring prostitutes) · de aufmotzen (process of modifying a vehicle) · da rufferi (practise of procuring prostitutes) · pl kuplerstwo (practise of procuring prostitutes)

pimping en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

By surface analysis, pimp + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of pimp
    form of pimp