Pimping

//ˈpɪmpɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The practise of managing and hiring out prostitutes. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of pimp form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Little or petty. dated
  2. 2
    puny; sickly US, dialectal, obsolete
  3. 3
    Consisting of or having the qualities of a pimp. slang

Synonyms

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panderingharlotrymeaslymickey mousenigglingpaltry

Example

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"Sami was pimping out his workers because they were illegal immigrants."

Etymology

By surface analysis, pimp + -ing.

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