Pimp - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Pimp : (noun)

1: someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) [syn: procurer, panderer, pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce] (verb)

1: arrange for sexual partners for others [syn: pander, procure]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Pimp : \Pimp\ (p[i^]mp), n. [Cf. F. pimpant smart, sparkish; perh. akin to piper to pipe, formerly also, to excel. Cf. Pipe.] One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander. --Swift.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Pimp : \Pimp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pimped (p[i^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Pimping.] To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander. --Dryden.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)