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pimping

/ˈpɪmpɪŋ/

pimping adjective: little or petty. Also the present participle and gerund of pimp.

Adjective

pimping (comparative more pimping, superlative most pimping)

  1. (dated) Little or petty.
  2. (US, dialectal, obsolete) Puny; sickly.
  3. (slang, African-American Vernacular) Consisting of or having the qualities of a pimp.

Noun

pimping (countable and uncountable, plural pimpings)

  1. The practise of managing and hiring out prostitutes.
    • His young adult life was marked by a series of robberies, forgeries, pimpings, assaults, and incarcerations at increasingly tougher institutions. The FBI had investigated him under the Dyer Act for the interstate transport of stolen cars.2017, John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, page 119
  2. (slang) The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance.

Also used as

pimping is also the present participle and gerund of pimp.

pimping meaning in Arabic

pimping in Arabic

practise of procuring prostitutes
قِوَادَة qiwāda

Synonyms of pimping

All synonyms of pimping

Forms of pimping

Adjective
comparativemore pimping
superlativemost pimping
Noun
pluralpimpings

Origin of pimping

By surface analysis, pimp + -ing.

Phrases with pimping

Questions about pimping

What does pimping mean?
Pimping means little or petty.
What is pimping in Arabic?
Pimping in Arabic is قِوَادَة (qiwāda). See Pimping meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is pimping?
Pimping can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce pimping?
Pimping is pronounced /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/.

Words near pimping in the dictionary

  1. pimpifying
  2. pimpin'
  3. pimpinel
  4. pimpinellin
  5. pimpinels
  6. pimping
  7. pimping out
  8. pimping up
  9. pimpings
  10. Pimpinio
  11. pimpish

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