pimp
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- noun
- /pɪmp/
- NSFW
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proxeneta
- Women who are no longer sufficiently attractive to men or profitable for pimps are discarded.
- pimps and prostitutes
- work for a pimp
- pimps and buyers
World champion, kickboxer, Playboy, pimp, What else you've got?
- World champion, kickboxer, Playboy, pimp, What else you've got?
- You said, you know, I was some pimps kid or whatever.
- So there were two primary pimps, Lawrence E King and Craig Spence.
- But so are you her pimp, Jeffrey?
- And he was a drug dealer and a pimp at one point in his life.
- Mike for Friday after next and a pimp named Slickback for the boondocks.
- You know the pimp mentality was praised.
- I said, because as a pimp, I kept my girls off for drugs.
- That blew the money she got from her with her new pimp boyfriend.
- But you would not then want to send Johns or pimps to prison.
- We had a neighbor that she acted as a pimp for.
- At that time, you still had really slick black pimps.
- It's fucking lonely out here for a pimp.
Examples
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But so are you her pimp, Jeffrey?
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And another noted that her brother had been a pimp but had "reformed" and was now a minister.
Academic text (2000) -
I said, because as a pimp, I kept my girls off for drugs.
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I like to keep my pimp hands strong.
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There he is with his big pimp jacket on.
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Waiting for a light, she watched a pimp drop off a girl beside a telephone booth.
Fiction book (1998) -
During another patrol, there were two pimps and a hooker fighting in a corner grocery store.
Academic text (1993) -
I am in Detroit at a Player's Ball with pimps and whores.
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I mean, they had bookies, pimps, and drug dealers I could shake down.
Fiction book (1995) -
The police arrested a pimp who was exploiting vulnerable women in the city.
Synonyms
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9.5
A woman who runs a house where people pay for sex
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9.8
A person who finds customers for prostitutes
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9.9
A slang name for a man who tries to attract women and sometimes acts as a pimp
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9.9
A man who finds and controls people who sell sex and takes their money
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9.9
A woman who runs a place where people pay for sex
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9.9
A person who finds clients for people who sell sex
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9.8
A person who finds clients for prostitutes
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9.9
A man who finds customers for prostitutes and keeps their money
A person who finds clients for prostitutes
A man who controls people who sell sex and takes their money
A man who finds customers for prostitutes and takes their money
A woman who finds clients for prostitutes
Compounds
- Offensive
A person who uses money or gifts to control and profit from people they date
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pimp probably began long ago as a slang name for a go-between who 'sets up' people for work and takes money for it, like a person who arranges meetings and keeps a share of the pay. That's why today pimp refers to someone who controls prostitutes and takes part of their earnings.