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
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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Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2025
However, the blaxploitation films in question progressively included civil rights and Black Power movement storylines (along too with plots of pimps and drug dealers), and became box office hits.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
Jason Green, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
Another one let her cocaine-dealing thug son use her car before the kid went to federal prison for pimping.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office alleged that the defendant, Dorian Harris, was a pimp who stirred fear in at least one of the women who were under his command.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2025
However, the blaxploitation films in question progressively included civil rights and Black Power movement storylines (along too with plots of pimps and drug dealers), and became box office hits.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
At the Willow Street property, officers arrested Bili Ruan, 50, of San Jose, on suspicion of pimping, Garibay said.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
Another one let her cocaine-dealing thug son use her car before the kid went to federal prison for pimping.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Pimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pimp. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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