Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Little; petty; sickly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Little; petty; pitiful.
- adjective Local, U.S. Puny; sickly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective dated
Little orpetty . - adjective obsolete, US, dialect
puny ;sickly - adjective slang, African American Vernacular
Consisting of or having thequalities of apimp . - noun The practise of procuring
prostitutes . - noun The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance.
- verb Present participle of
pimp .
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Examples
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Oh, and I suppose that the term pimping in relation to how the Clintons used their daughter during the campaign was wrong too.
The Moot Court/Op-Ed Café. Ann Althouse 2009
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If the pimping is abusive then it could be regulated under domestic violence laws or assault and battery laws, except the strange bonding around sex and the primal nature of the work makes for a topic that is very close to home for people.
Cautionary Words from a Nevada brothel survivor::but still a sex worker activist « Bound, Not Gagged 2008
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And that's what you call pimping us, and we're allowing --
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They did a cover of this that was to the original what gorilla pimping is to regular pimping.
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They were making fun of Chelsea too, they didn't use the word pimping, but they were having a good time at her expense.
Breaking: Hillary Campaign Goes To War With MSNBC Over Chelsea "Pimp" Comment 2009
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By the way, if I had a son selling popcorn for the Boy Scouts I would use the word pimping as well.
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I am amused about the hypocrisy of the use of the word pimping by people who complain about the coarsening of the culture and blame it on liberals.
NBC wimped out over "pimped out." Ann Althouse 2008
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I'm not concerned about the use of the word pimping per se.
NBC wimped out over "pimped out." Ann Althouse 2008
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The next Casa event that I'll be pimping is the Valentines Day gala on February 14 (??).
Super Sale 2006
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Pardon the word pimping, but there are times when the lines between both the professions blur.
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