pimp Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
    pander; procurer; fancy man; ponce; pandar; panderer.
  2. verb arrange for sexual partners for others
    pander; procure.

WordNet

Pimp noun
Etymology
Cf. F. pimpant smart, sparkish; perh. akin to piper to pipe, formerly also, to excel. Cf. Pipe.
Definitions
  1. One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander. Swift.
Pimp intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pimped ; present participle & verbal noun Pimping
Definitions
  1. To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander. Dryden.

Webster 1913