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Added 10 October 2026

pimp

/pɪmp/ noun

In Latin: lēnō, lēna Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pimp at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.
A man who can easily attract women.

verb

To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.
To prostitute someone.
The smooth-talking, tall man with heavy gold bracelets claimed he could pimp anyone.
To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle.
You pimped out that motorcycle f'real, dawg.

adjective

Excellent, fashionable, stylish.

numeral

Five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting.

Origin

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

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