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Vinony

pimping

noun

  1. acting as a pimp, selling the sexual service of prostitutes (or metaphorical extension)
  2. The act of embellishing with amazing, outrageous and stylish features/decorations
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/

adj

Etymology: By surface analysis, pimp + -ing.

  1. Little or petty.
  2. Puny; sickly.
  3. Consisting of or having the qualities of a pimp.

noun

Etymology: By surface analysis, pimp + -ing.

  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.”

  2. The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance.

verb

Etymology: By surface analysis, pimp + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of pimp