# pimp
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɪmp/
* Rhymes: -ɪmp
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### 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)
* 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
** 2018, Brendon Urie, Michael Angelakos, Sam Hollander, Morgan Kibby, Jake Sinclair, Dillon Francis (lyrics and music), “Hey Look Ma, I Made It”, in Pray for the Wicked‎, performed by Panic! at the Disco:All my life, been hustling / And tonight is my appraisal / 'Cause I'm a hooker selling songs / And my pimp's a record label
* (African-American Vernacular, slang) A man who can easily attract women.

##### Derived terms

* gorilla pimp
* pimp cup
* pimpdom
* pimp hand
* pimphood
* pimpmobile
* pimpness
* pimpship
* pimp slap, pimp-slap
* pimp steak
* pimp stick
* Romeo pimp
* sugar pimp

##### Translations
#### Verb

pimp (third-person singular simple present pimps, present participle pimping, simple past and past participle pimped)
* (intransitive) To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.
* (transitive) To prostitute someone.
    The smooth-talking, tall man with heavy gold bracelets claimed he could pimp anyone.
* (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle.
    Synonyms: pimp out, pimp up; mack out
    Coordinate terms: level up, max out, spec out, spec up, trick out
    You pimped out that motorcycle f'real, dawg.
* (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.
* (transitive, US, slang) To promote, to tout.
    I gotta show you this sweet website where you can pimp your blog and get more readers.
** 1990 February 4, Leonard Tirado, “Privatized 'Recovery' Versus Collective Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 19:The trendy rehabs being pimped by the addiction industry's glossy PR.
* (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

* gorilla pimp
* pimp off
* pimp out
* pimp up

##### Translations
#### Adjective

pimp
* (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 cinque, five, punch (“beverage”), ponzu, and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii.

#### Numeral

pimp
* (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.