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pimping

/ˈpɪmpɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.
  2. To prostitute someone.
  3. To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle, according to ghetto standards (also pimp out).
  4. To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff).
  5. To promote, to tout.
  6. To persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.
  7. The practise of procuring prostitutes.
  8. The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance.
  9. Little or petty.
  10. Puny; sickly
  11. Consisting of or having the qualities of a pimp.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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