plural pimps
: a person and especially a man who controls one or more sex workers, arranges clients for them, and takes a cut of their earnings
pimped; pimping; pimps
1
: to make use of often dishonorably for one's own gain or benefit
2
informal
: to customize and adorn (something, such as a car or apartment) in an ostentatious or lavish way
Their backhoe had four spotlights on a bar above the cab, the same way kids pimped their pick-up trucks, and together the four beams made a wide pool of halogen brightness.—
Lee Child
—often used with outLee ChildThis is a parallel world where teenagers pimp out their motorboats, customizing them with dazzling LED lights and powerful stereo systems …—Leo Barraclough
Leo BarracloughForeign buyers—many of them anonymous—have poured cash into Miami's real-estate market for years. Think mansions priced at over $20 million, condos pimped out with private rooftop pools, and spec houses with wild extras.—Raisa Bruner
Raisa Bruner
: to work as a pimp
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Examples of pimp in a Sentence
Noun
the sting operation nabbed 15 prostitutes and two pimps
Verb
a movie actress who pimped everybody she ever met as she clawed her way to the top
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
Is Klute a better man than the abusive johns and pimps in Bree’s life or just more timidly possessive?
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 25 June 2024
Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
The plea deal resolves a case that has been hanging in the balance since 2018, when the pair were arrested and charged in a 20-count criminal complaint, accusing them of pimping, pandering, money laundering and conspiracy to commit a felony.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Police later determined she’d been trafficked in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Oakland, and passed around between multiple pimps, two of whom were later arrested in Nevada, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
Is Klute a better man than the abusive johns and pimps in Bree’s life or just more timidly possessive?
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 25 June 2024
Verb
Two suits against Tim Ballard have already been dismissed and a third is headlined by a woman convicted of pimping minor children.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
The plea deal resolves a case that has been hanging in the balance since 2018, when the pair were arrested and charged in a 20-count criminal complaint, accusing them of pimping, pandering, money laundering and conspiracy to commit a felony.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Pimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pimp. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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