Background for pimping

pimping

/ˈpɪmpɪŋ/

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verb

To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.

Examples :

"The man was arrested for pimping young girls, forcing them into the sex trade. "

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verb

To prostitute someone.

Examples :

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

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verb

To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle, according to ghetto standards (also pimp out).

Examples :

"He spent all his money pimping his old car with flashy lights and a booming sound system. "

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verb

To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff).

Examples :

"During rounds, the attending physician kept pimping the medical student with questions about rare diseases, eventually asking about a condition so obscure that even he chuckled, admitting it was unlikely to be relevant. "

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verb

To promote, to tout.

Examples :

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

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verb

To persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.

Examples :

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

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noun

The practise of procuring prostitutes.

Examples :

"The undercover investigation focused on alleged pimping occurring at several massage parlors in the city. "

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noun

The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance.

Examples :

"His weekend was spent pimping his old sedan with new rims and a booming sound system. "

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adjective

Little or petty.

Examples :

"He complained about the pimping amount of sugar given in the small coffee packet. "

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adjective

Examples :

"The pimping kitten was too weak to climb out of the box. "

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adjective

Consisting of or having the qualities of a pimp.

Examples :

"The pimping attitude of some students toward their homework was frustrating to the teacher. "

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