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PIMP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)

Synonyms:

fancy man; pandar; pander; panderer; pimp; ponce; procurer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pimp" is a kind of...):

offender; wrongdoer (a person who transgresses moral or civil law)

Domain region:

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pimp"):

procuress (a woman pimp)

whoremaster; whoremonger (a pimp who procures whores)

Derivation:

pimp (arrange for sexual partners for others)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange for sexual partners for others

Synonyms:

pander; pimp; procure

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "pimp" is one way to...):

cater; ply; provide; supply (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

pimp (someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce))

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