"pimp out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-us-ncalif-pimpout.ogg [US] Forms: pimps out [present, singular, third-person], pimping out [participle, present], pimped out [participle, past], pimped out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pimp out (third-person singular simple present pimps out, present participle pimping out, simple past and past participle pimped out)
  1. (slang, US, transitive) To prostitute, take advantage of, exploit, use, to hire out or provide to others like a whore. Tags: US, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Prostitution Hypernyms: work Hyponyms: turn out Related terms: bludge [Australia], brothel
    Sense id: en-pimp_out-en-verb-XrQMCpE2 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 81 19 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (out), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 61 39 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 57 43 Synonyms: whore out, dog out [African-American-Vernacular-English], mack [slang], pander, pimp, pimp out [vulgar], ponce [UK, slang], prostitute, punk, whore Synonyms (to prostitute): hustle Disambiguation of 'to prostitute': 100 0
  2. (slang, US, transitive) To make showy improvements to; to adorn or beautify. Tags: US, slang, transitive Synonyms: mack out, pimp up
    Sense id: en-pimp_out-en-verb-vKeGSSbi Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pimp out meaning in English (5.6kB)

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