"pimpify" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pimpifies [present, singular, third-person], pimpifying [participle, present], pimpified [participle, past], pimpified [past]
Etymology: From pimp + -ify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pimp|ify}} pimp + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb|pimpifies|pimpifying|pimpified|pimpified}} pimpify (third-person singular simple present pimpifies, present participle pimpifying, simple past and past participle pimpified)
  1. (slang, transitive) To alter or adorn something in a conspicuously stylized, decorative, or exaggerated manner. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-pimpify-en-verb-pWcinz8f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. (slang, transitive, figuratively, by extension) To modify or adapt something for showy appeal or self-serving gain. Tags: broadly, figuratively, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-pimpify-en-verb-TgqCVf60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pimpification

Inflected forms

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