pimp

pimp

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪmp/
• Rhymes: -ɪmp

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Etymology 1

Origin unknown. Perhaps from French pimpant (“smart, sparkish”) or German Pimpf (“boy, youth, young squirt”). The Old English near-synonym was rendered by Old English forspennend (literally “solicitor”).

Noun

pimp (plural pimps)

1. Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.
   • 2006, Lily Allen, Iyiola Babalola, Darren Lewis, Tommy McCook (lyrics and music), “LDN”, in Alright, Still, performed by Lily Allen:

     A fella looking dapper / And he's sittin' with a slapper / Then I see it's a pimp / And his crack whore

2. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A man who can easily attract women.

Derived terms

• gorilla pimp
• pimpdom
• pimphood
• pimpmobile
• pimpness
• pimpship
• pimp slap, pimp-slap
• sugar pimp

 

Translations

prostitution solicitor

Afrikaans: pooier, hoerboer Albanian: tutor prostitutash m Arabic: قَوَّاد‎ m (qawwād) Egyptian Arabic: عرص‎ m (ʿarṣ), معرص‎ m (míʿarraṣ) Armenian: կավատ (hy) (kavat) Azerbaijani: oğraş (az) Belarusian: сутэнёр m (sutenjór) Bengali: কোটনা (koṭôna) Bikol Central: bugaw Bulgarian: сво́дник (bg) m (svódnik) Burmese: ဖါခေါင်း (hpahkaung:) Catalan: proxeneta Chinese: Cantonese: please add this translation if you can Mandarin: 皮條客／皮条客 (zh) (pítiáokè), 老鴇／老鸨 (zh) (lǎobǎo) (female) Min Nan: 三七仔 (zh-min-nan) (sam-chhit-á), 牽猴的／牵猴的 (khan-kâu-ê), 牽猴仔／牵猴仔 (khan-kâu-á) Czech: pasák (cs) m, kuplíř (cs) m Danish: alfons (da) Dutch: pooier (nl) Esperanto: prostituisto Estonian: kupeldaja, sutenöör Finnish: sutenööri (fi), parittaja (fi) French: souteneur (fr), maquereau (fr) m, mac (fr) m, proxénète (fr) Galician: bagaxeiro m Georgian: მამაშა (mamaša) German: Zuhälter (de) m, Lude (de) m, Kuppler (de) m Greek: προαγωγός (el) m or f (proagogós), μαστροπός (el) m or f (mastropós), σωματέμπορος (el) m or f (somatémporos), νταβατζής (el) m (davatzís) Ancient: μαστροπός m or f (mastropós), μάτρυλλος m (mátrullos) Hebrew: סַרְסוּר‎ (he) m (sarsur) Hindi: दलाल (hi) m (dalāl) Hungarian: strici (hu), kerítő (hu), futtató, lányfuttató Icelandic: melludólgur m, hórumangari m Indonesian: germo (id), mucikari (id) Irish: máistir striapach m Italian: magnaccia (it) m, pappone (it) m, protettore (it) m, ruffiano (it) m, lenone (it) m, prosseneta (it) m, paraninfo (it) m Japanese: 女衒 (ぜげん, zegen), ポン引き (ponbiki) Khmer: មេអណ្ដើក (km) (mei ʼɑndaək) Korean: 뚜쟁이 (ko) (ttujaeng'i), 뚜 (ko) (ttu) Ladino: rufyano m, rufyana f Lao: ຊາຍານຸຊີບ (sā nyā nu sīp), ແມງດາ (mǣng dā) ("water cockroach") Latin: lēnō m, lena f Latvian: suteners m Lithuanian: suteneris m, sąvadautojas m Macedonian: сводник m (svodnik), подведувач m (podveduvač) Malay: alku, barua, jaruman, ketolol, muncikari, pinang muda Malayalam: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: зууч (mn) (zuuč) Nepali: please add this translation if you can Norman: maquereau m Norwegian: hallik m Old English: forspennend m Pashto: بغری‎ m (bağaray) Persian: قواد‎ (fa) (qavvâd), جاکش‎ (fa) (jâkeš), جابیز‎ (jâbiz), کس‌کش‎ (fa) (koskeš) Punjabi: ਦੱਲਾ m (dallā) Polish: alfons (pl) m, sutener (pl) m Portuguese: cafetão (pt) m (Brazil), proxeneta (pt) m, safado (pt) m, chulo (pt) m, alcoviteiro (pt) m Romani: please add this translation if you can Romanian: proxenet (ro) m, pește (ro) m Russian: сутенёр (ru) m (sutenjór), сво́дник (ru) m (svódnik), сво́дня (ru) f (svódnja) Scottish Gaelic: drùisear m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сводник m, пословодник m Roman: svodnik (sh) m, poslovodnik m Slovak: pasák m Slovene: zvodník (sl) m Spanish: chulo (es) m, proxeneta (es), rufián (es) m, cafiche (es) m, cabrón (es) m, padrote m, alcahuete (es) m, lenón m Swahili: buzi Swedish: hallick (sv) c, sutenör (sv) c Tagalog: kuwekong, alkagwete, bugaw, tita-tita Tamil: please add this translation if you can Telugu: తార్పుడుగాడు (tārpuḍugāḍu), (Telangana, vulgar) బాడ్కావ్ (bāḍkāv) Thai: แมงดา (mɛɛng-daa) Turkish: pezevenk (tr), oğraş (tr), gavat, deyyus (tr), kurumsak (tr), peyser Ukrainian: сутене́р m (sutenér) Urdu: دلال‎ m (dalāl) Vietnamese: kẻ mối lái Volapük: (♂♀) lupärodan, (♂) hilupärodan, (♀) jilupärodan Welsh: pimp m, puteinfeistr m (literary) Yiddish: קאַדעט‎ m (kadet) (slang)

Verb

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, African-American Vernacular, slang) To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle (also pimp out).

   You pimped out that motorcycle f'real, dawg.

4. (transitive, medicine, slang) To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of 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.

5. (transitive, US, slang) To promote, to tout.

   I gotta show you this sweet website where you can pimp your blog and get more readers.

6. (US, slang) To persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.

   I pimped her out of $2,000 and she paid for the entire stay at the Bahamas.

Synonyms

• (prostitute someone): hustle, whore out; see also Thesaurus:pimp out
• (promote, tout): pitch, promote, tout, spruik

Derived terms

• pimp off
• pimp out
• pimp up

 

Translations

to act as procurer of prostitutes

Arabic: قَادَ‎ (qāda), قَوَّدَ‎ (qawwada) Bulgarian: своднича (svodniča) Chinese: Mandarin: 拉皮條／拉皮条 (zh) (lā pítiáo), 拉客 (zh) (lākè) Finnish: parittaa (fi), toimia sutenöörinä French: prostituer (fr), maquereller (fr), maquereauter (fr) Greek: εκπορνεύω (el) (ekpornévo), μαστροπεύω (mastropévo) Hungarian: kerít (hu), kerítőként/striciként ténykedik/működik/tevékenykedik Italian: procacciare (it) Persian: کس‌کشی کردن‎ (koskeši kardan), جاکشی کردن‎ (jâkeši kardan) Portuguese: cafetinar, alcovitar (pt) Russian: сво́дничать (ru) impf (svódničatʹ) Spanish: putear (es), proxenentizar, encafichar Turkish: pezevenklik yapmak

to prostitute someone

Finnish: tehdä jostakusta prostituoitu French: prostituer (fr) German: prostituieren (de) Greek: εκπορνεύω (el) (ekpornévo) Italian: prostituire

to excessively customize

Finnish: tuunata (fi) Italian: risistemare Spanish: tunear (es)

medicine

Finnish: tentata (fi), kuulustella (fi)

to promote, tout

Finnish: puffata

to persuade or trick another into doing something for your benefit

Finnish: taivutella (fi)

Adjective

pimp

1. (slang) excellent, fashionable, stylish

See also

• pimping (adjective)
• player
• playa
• madam

Further reading

• Double-Tongued Dictionary definition

Etymology 2

From Brythonic numerals, from Proto-Brythonic *pɨmp.

Cognate with Welsh pump, Cornish pymp, Breton pemp. Doublet of five, cinque, punch, and Pompeii.

Numeral

pimp

1. (Cumbria and Old Welsh) Five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting.

See also

• (Borrowdale sheep counting) yan, tyan, tethera, methera, pimp, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick, yan-a-dick, tyan-a-dick, tethera-a-dick, methera-a-dick, bumfit, yan-a-bumfit, tyan-a-bumfit, tethera-a-bumfit, methera-bumfit, giggot

References

• Wright, Peter (1995) Cumbrian Chat, Dalesman Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 7
• Deakin, Michael A.B. (2007), Leigh-Lancaster, David, editor, The Name of the Number‎, Australian Council for Educational Research, →ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, page 75
• Varvogli, Aliki (2002) Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide‎, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, pages 24-25

Anagrams

• impp.