pimp

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.2.3 See also 1.2.4 External links 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Cardinal number 1.3.2 References 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pɪmp/, SAMPA: /pImp/

  Rhymes: -ɪmp

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

pimp (plural pimps)

1. A person who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for prostitutes; a panderer.
2. (African American Vernacular slang) A man who can easily attract women.

[edit] Derived terms

• pimp slap, pimp-slap

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[edit] Verb

to pimp (third-person singular simple present pimps, present participle pimping, simple past and past participle pimped)

1. (intransitive) To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.
2. (transitive) To prostitute someone.

   The smooth-talking, tall man with heavy gold bracelets claimed he could pimp anyone.

3. (transitive, US, African American Vernacular) To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle, according to ghetto standards (also pimp out).

   You pimped out that AC (air conditioner) f'real (for real), dawg.

4. (transitive, medicine, slang) To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (by a senior member of the medical staff).
   • 2004, Robert A. Blume, Arthur W. Combs, The Continuing American Revolution: A Psychological Perspective, page 183

     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.

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• pimping a
• player
• playah

[edit] External links

• Double-Tongued Dictionary definition

[edit] Etymology 2

Wikipedia

From Celtic numerals.

[edit] Cardinal number

pimp

1. (Cumbrian and Old Welsh dialectal) five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting

[edit] References

• Wright, Peter [1995]. Cumbrian Chat, 7, Dalesman Publishing Company. ISBN 185-568-092-0.
• Deakin, Michael A.B. [2007]. Leigh-Lancaster, David The Name of the Number, 75, Australian Council for Educational Research. ISBN 0864317573. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.
• Varvogli, Aliki [2002]. Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide, 24-25, Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0826452337. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: impp.