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pimp
(pĭmp)n.
One who finds customers for a prostitute; a procurer.
v. pimped, pimp·ing, pimps
v.intr.
1. To serve as a procurer of prostitutes.
2. To compromise one's principles, especially in promoting the interests of another, for personal gain: politicians pimping for campaign contributors.
v.tr.
To customize or adorn, often garishly: pimped his car.
[Origin unknown.]
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pimp
(pɪmp)n
1. a man who solicits for a prostitute or brothel and lives off the earnings
2. a man who procures sexual gratification for another; procurer; pander
vb
3. (intr) to act as a pimp
4. (tr) slang to adapt or embellish in an ostentatious manner
[C17: of unknown origin]
pimp
(pɪmp)n
a spy or informer
vb
(often foll by: on) to inform (on)
[of unknown origin]
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pimp
(pɪmp)n.
1. a person, esp. a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usu. in return for a share of the earnings; procurer.
2. a despicable person.
v.i. 3. to act as a pimp.
[1630–40; orig. uncertain]
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pimp
Past participle: pimped
Gerund: pimping
| Imperative |
|---|
| pimp |
| pimp |
| Present |
|---|
| I pimp |
| you pimp |
| he/she/it pimps |
| we pimp |
| you pimp |
| they pimp |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I pimped |
| you pimped |
| he/she/it pimped |
| we pimped |
| you pimped |
| they pimped |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am pimping |
| you are pimping |
| he/she/it is pimping |
| we are pimping |
| you are pimping |
| they are pimping |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have pimped |
| you have pimped |
| he/she/it has pimped |
| we have pimped |
| you have pimped |
| they have pimped |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was pimping |
| you were pimping |
| he/she/it was pimping |
| we were pimping |
| you were pimping |
| they were pimping |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had pimped |
| you had pimped |
| he/she/it had pimped |
| we had pimped |
| you had pimped |
| they had pimped |
| Future |
|---|
| I will pimp |
| you will pimp |
| he/she/it will pimp |
| we will pimp |
| you will pimp |
| they will pimp |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have pimped |
| you will have pimped |
| he/she/it will have pimped |
| we will have pimped |
| you will have pimped |
| they will have pimped |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be pimping |
| you will be pimping |
| he/she/it will be pimping |
| we will be pimping |
| you will be pimping |
| they will be pimping |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been pimping |
| you have been pimping |
| he/she/it has been pimping |
| we have been pimping |
| you have been pimping |
| they have been pimping |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been pimping |
| you will have been pimping |
| he/she/it will have been pimping |
| we will have been pimping |
| you will have been pimping |
| they will have been pimping |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been pimping |
| you had been pimping |
| he/she/it had been pimping |
| we had been pimping |
| you had been pimping |
| they had been pimping |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would pimp |
| you would pimp |
| he/she/it would pimp |
| we would pimp |
| you would pimp |
| they would pimp |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have pimped |
| you would have pimped |
| he/she/it would have pimped |
| we would have pimped |
| you would have pimped |
| they would have pimped |
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Noun 1. [画像:pimp - someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)]pimp - someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
England - a division of the United Kingdom
procuress - a woman pimp
Verb 1. pimp - arrange for sexual partners for others
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pimp
noun
1. procurer, go-between, bawd (archaic), white-slaver, pander, panderer, whoremaster (archaic) Every hooker I ever met had a pimp.
verb
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