pimping
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pimping (comparative more pimping, superlative most pimping)
- (dated) Little or petty.
- (obsolete, US, dialect) puny; sickly
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) Consisting of or having the qualities of a pimp.
Noun edit
pimping (countable and uncountable, plural pimpings)
- The practise of managing and hiring out prostitutes.
- 2017, John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, page 119:
- His young adult life was marked by a series of robberies, forgeries, pimpings, assaults, and incarcerations at increasingly tougher institutions. The FBI had investigated him under the Dyer Act for the interstate transport of stolen cars.
- The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance.
Synonyms edit
- pandering
- poncing (British, slang)
- procuration (of women)
- procuring
- procurement
- proxenetism
Translations edit
practise of procuring prostitutes
|
process of modifying a vehicle
Verb edit
pimping
- present participle and gerund of pimp