pimp-slap

pimp-slap is the alternative form of pimp slap.

Meaning of pimp slap

pimp slap (plural pimp slaps)

(slang, vulgar) A powerful slap to the face.
- These silent greetings were often returned in spades, accompanied by the angry rejoinder “Nigger, what the fuck you looking at?” and a pimp slap that echoed in my eyes for a week.2001, Paul Beatty, The White Boy Shuffle, Picador, page 53
Synonyms:

bitch slap

pimp-slap (third-person singular simple present pimp-slaps, present participle pimp-slapping, simple past and past participle pimp-slapped)

(slang, transitive, vulgar) To slap powerfully in the face; to deliver a pimp slap to.
- Come over here like you think you gonna pimp-slap me because you driving your brother’s Benz.1994, Jervey Tervalon, Understand This, Morrow, →ISBN, page 71
- This is the eleventh day of rain in a row / when the wind off the river pimp-slaps us university whores / heading to class.1997, Belle Waring, "Eleventh Day of Rain", in Dark Blonde Poems, Sarabande Books, →ISBN, page 58

Noun
plural	pimp-slaps
alternative form	pimp slap
Verb
third-person singular present	pimp-slaps
present participle	pimp-slapping
past participle	pimp-slapped
past	pimp-slapped

What does pimp-slap mean?: Pimp-slap means to slap powerfully in the face; to deliver a pimp slap to.
What is pimp-slap the alternative form of?: Pimp-slap is the alternative form of pimp slap.
What part of speech is pimp-slap?: Pimp-slap is a verb.
What is the past tense of pimp-slap?: The past tense of pimp-slap is pimp-slapped.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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