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pimp

/pɪmp/

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noun

Maquereau

Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.

Examples :

"The police arrested the man for acting as a pimp, managing several women and profiting from their prostitution. "

La police a arrêté l'homme pour avoir agi en tant que maquereau, gérant plusieurs femmes et profitant de leur prostitution.

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noun

Maquereau

A man who can easily attract women.

Examples :

"He's such a pimp; girls are always calling him. "

C'est un vrai maquereau ; les filles l'appellent tout le temps.

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verb

Proxénète, maquereauter

To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.

Examples :

"The shady nightclub owner was pimping underage girls, exploiting them for profit. "

Le propriétaire louche de la boîte de nuit faisait du proxénétisme avec des mineures, les exploitant pour le profit.

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verb

Proxénète, faire le souteneur

To prostitute someone.

Examples :

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

L'homme grand et beau parleur, avec de lourds bracelets en or, affirmait qu'il pouvait faire le souteneur de n'importe qui.

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verb

Customiser à outrance

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

Examples :

"He decided to pimp his old bicycle with colorful lights, a loud horn, and fuzzy dice hanging from the handlebars. "

Il a décidé de customiser à outrance son vieux vélo avec des lumières colorées, un klaxon bruyant et des dés en peluche suspendus au guidon.

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verb

Interroger, cuisiner

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

Examples :

"The attending physician pimped the intern about the patient's unusual symptoms, asking progressively more difficult questions until the intern was stumped. "

Le médecin traitant a interrogé l'interne sur les symptômes inhabituels du patient, posant des questions de plus en plus difficiles jusqu'à ce que l'interne soit coincé.

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verb

Promouvoir, vanter

To promote, to tout.

Examples :

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

Je dois te montrer ce super site web où tu peux promouvoir ton blog et attirer plus de lecteurs.

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verb

Duper, soutirer, manipuler

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."

Je lui ai soutiré 2 000 dollars et elle a payé tout le séjour aux Bahamas.

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adjective

Excellent, à la mode, élégant

Excellent, fashionable, stylish

Examples :

""Her new outfit was really pimp; everyone complimented her on how stylish she looked." "

Sa nouvelle tenue était vraiment excellente ; tout le monde l'a complimentée pour son style.

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numeral

Cinq

Five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting

Examples :

"The farmer counted his sheep, finding a total of five in the field. "

L'agriculteur a compté ses moutons, trouvant un total de cinq dans le champ.

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