"pimping" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/ Audio: En-au-pimping.ogg [Australia] Forms: more pimping [comparative], most pimping [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} pimping (comparative more pimping, superlative most pimping)
  1. (dated) Little or petty. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-pimping-en-adj-3S5TgxOt
  2. (obsolete, US, dialect) puny; sickly Tags: US, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-pimping-en-adj-cRDxtRwi Categories (other): American English
  3. (slang, African-American Vernacular) Consisting of or having the qualities of a pimp. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-pimping-en-adj-u8ewhwkd Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 27 21 14 30

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/ Audio: En-au-pimping.ogg [Australia] Forms: pimpings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pimping (countable and uncountable, plural pimpings)
  1. The practise of managing and hiring out prostitutes. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (practise of procuring prostitutes): قِوَادَة (qiwāda) [feminine] (Arabic), зводніцтва (zvódnictva) [neuter] (Belarusian), сутэнёрства (sutenjórstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), сво́дничество (svódničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 拉皮條 (Chinese Mandarin), 拉皮条 (lā pítiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), kuplířství [neuter] (Czech), rufferi [neuter] (Danish), paritus (Finnish), proxénétisme [masculine] (French), Zuhälterei [feminine] (German), geschäftsmäßige Kuppelei [feminine] (German), lenocinio [masculine] (Italian), prossenetismo [masculine] (Italian), favoreggiamento (della prostituzione) [masculine] (Italian), lēnōcinium [neuter] (Latin), сводништво (svodništvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), rufferi [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kobleri [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), alfonseri [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), hallikvirksomhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kopleri [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), alfonseri [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), hallikverksemd [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), پزونكلك (pezevenklik) (Ottoman Turkish), sutenerstwo [neuter] (Polish), stręczycielstwo [neuter] (Polish), proxenetismo [masculine] (Portuguese), cafetinagem [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), alcovitagem [feminine] (Portuguese), сутенёрство (sutenjórstvo) [neuter] (Russian), сво́дничество (svódničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), svȍdnīštvo [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), сво̏днӣштво [Latin, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), alcahuetería [feminine] (Spanish), proxenetismo [masculine] (Spanish), rufianería [feminine] (Spanish), lenocinio [masculine] (Spanish), celestinazgo [masculine] (Spanish), koppleri [neuter] (Swedish), pezevenklik [Modern] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pimping-en-noun-jg17Jv6r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 27 21 14 30 Disambiguation of 'practise of procuring prostitutes': 96 4
  2. The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (process of modifying a vehicle): tuunaus (Finnish), aufmotzen (German), tuning [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-pimping-en-noun-uLtbEluv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 27 21 14 30 Disambiguation of 'process of modifying a vehicle': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pandering, poncing [British, slang], procuration (english: of women), procuring, procurement, proxenetism

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/ Audio: En-au-pimping.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} pimping
  1. present participle and gerund of pimp Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: pimp
    Sense id: en-pimping-en-verb-5p8t82EK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 27 21 14 30

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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}
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        "Little or petty."
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        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
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        "Consisting of or having the qualities of a pimp."
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          "ref": "2017, John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, page 119",
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        "The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance."
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      "english": "of women",
      "word": "procuration"
    },
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      "word": "procuring"
    },
    {
      "word": "procurement"
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      "word": "proxenetism"
    }
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qiwāda",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "قِوَادَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zvódnictva",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зводніцтва"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sutenjórstva",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сутэнёрства"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svódničestvo",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сво́дничество"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "word": "拉皮條"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lā pítiáo",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "word": "拉皮条"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kuplířství"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rufferi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "word": "paritus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proxénétisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zuhälterei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geschäftsmäßige Kuppelei"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lenocinio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prossenetismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "favoreggiamento (della prostituzione)"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lēnōcinium"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "svodništvo",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сводништво"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rufferi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kobleri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alfonseri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hallikvirksomhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kopleri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alfonseri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hallikverksemd"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sutenerstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stręczycielstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proxenetismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cafetinagem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alcovitagem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sutenjórstvo",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сутенёрство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svódničestvo",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сво́дничество"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "svȍdnīštvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сво̏днӣштво"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alcahuetería"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proxenetismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rufianería"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lenocinio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "celestinazgo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "koppleri"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "Modern"
      ],
      "word": "pezevenklik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "pezevenklik",
      "sense": "practise of procuring prostitutes",
      "word": "پزونكلك"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "process of modifying a vehicle",
      "word": "tuunaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "process of modifying a vehicle",
      "word": "aufmotzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "process of modifying a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pimping"
}

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    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms"
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          "word": "pimp"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɪmpɪŋ/"
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      "audio": "En-au-pimping.ogg",
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      ],
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