"gorilla pimp" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gorilla pimp.wav Forms: gorilla pimps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gorilla pimp (plural gorilla pimps)
  1. (slang, informal) A pimp who is physically violent toward the prostitutes he manages. Tags: informal, slang Categories (topical): Crime, People, Prostitution, Violence
    Sense id: en-gorilla_pimp-en-noun-c9ATQ~Sj Disambiguation of Crime: 91 9 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 93 7 Disambiguation of Violence: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gorilla pimp.wav Forms: gorilla pimps [present, singular, third-person], gorilla pimping [participle, present], gorilla pimped [participle, past], gorilla pimped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} gorilla pimp (third-person singular simple present gorilla pimps, present participle gorilla pimping, simple past and past participle gorilla pimped)
  1. (slang, informal, transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To work or operate as a gorilla pimp. Tags: informal, intransitive, slang, transitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-gorilla_pimp-en-verb-ZtjjH-v1

Inflected forms

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