Definition of "pimp" []

• One who finds customers for a prostitute; a procurer. (noun)
• To serve as a procurer of prostitutes. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Cooper, who coined the term "pimp culture," explained how the pimp becomes the "daddy, the husband.""
• "I'm no prude by a long shot, but the term pimp when used in the context of 'improving' something really needs to go."
• "It was black, except for the word pimp printed in white letters."