The difference between Pimp and Pimping

When used as nouns, pimp means someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes, whereas pimping means the practise of procuring prostitutes.

When used as adjectives, pimp means excellent, fashionable, stylish, whereas pimping means little or petty.


Pimp is also numeral with the meaning: five in cumbrian and welsh sheep counting.

Pimp is also verb with the meaning: to act as a procurer of prostitutes.

check bellow for the other definitions of Pimp and Pimping

  1. Pimp as a noun:

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

  2. Pimp as a noun (African American Vernacular English, _, slang):

    A man who can easily attract women.

  1. Pimp as a verb (intransitive):

    To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.

  2. Pimp as a verb (transitive):

    To prostitute someone.

    Examples:

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

  3. Pimp as a verb (transitive, US, African American Vernacular English):

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

    Examples:

    "You pimped out that AC f'real, dawg."

  4. Pimp as a verb (transitive, medicine, slang):

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

  5. Pimp as a verb (transitive, US, slang):

    To promote, to tout.

    Examples:

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

  6. Pimp as a verb (US, slang):

    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."

  1. Pimp as an adjective (slang):

    excellent, fashionable, stylish

  1. Pimping as an adjective (dated):

    Little or petty.

  2. Pimping as an adjective (obsolete, US, dialect):

    puny; sickly

  3. Pimping as an adjective (slang, African American Vernacular English):

    Consisting of or having the qualities of a pimp.

  1. Pimping as a noun:

    The practise of procuring prostitutes.

  2. Pimping as a noun:

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

  1. Pimping as a verb:

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