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pimp up

pimp up verb: to get dressed up in showy clothing or jewellery.

Verb

pimp up (third-person singular simple present pimps up, present participle pimping up, simple past and past participle pimped up)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To get dressed up in showy clothing or jewellery.
    • I need to pimp up a little before going out.
    Synonyms:
    dress up
  2. (informal, transitive) To decorate or prettify in a showy manner.
    • A thin, crunchy lemon and thyme rosti was essentially the pimped-up aesthetic of the Kettle chip. That's OK. I like Kettle chips.2011 December 18, Jay Rayner, “Restaurant review: Aurelia”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022
    Synonyms:
    pimp out

Synonyms of pimp up

Forms of pimp up

third-person singular presentpimps up
present participlepimping up
past participlepimped up
pastpimped up

Questions about pimp up

What does pimp up mean?
Pimp up means to get dressed up in showy clothing or jewellery.
What part of speech is pimp up?
Pimp up is a verb.
What is the past tense of pimp up?
The past tense of pimp up is pimped up.

Words near pimp up in the dictionary

  1. pimp slaps
  2. pimp steak
  3. pimp steaks
  4. pimp stick
  5. pimp sticks
  6. pimp up
  7. pimp-slap
  8. pimp-slapped
  9. pimp-slapping
  10. pimp-slaps
  11. Pimpare

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