pimp

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

pimp, 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.  [1913 Webster]

pimp, v. i. 

 To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pimp, n. & v.
--n. a man who lives off the earnings of a prostitute or a brothel; a pander; a ponce.
--v.intr. act as a pimp.

Etymology

17th c.: orig. unkn.

THESAURUS

pimp

backslider, bad egg, bad lot, bawd, betrayer, black sheep, bully, cadet, canary, degenerate, fallen angel, fancy man, fink, gigolo, hustle, hustler, lecher, lost sheep, lost soul, madam, maquereau, miscreant, nark, pander, panderer, peach, pervert, procure, procurer, procuress, profligate, prostitute, rat, recidivist, recreant, reprobate, scapegrace, sing, snitch, solicit, sorry lot, squeak, squeal, stool, stoolie, trollop, white slaver, whore, whoremonger

ROGET THESAURUS

pimp

Libertine

N libertine, voluptuary, rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man, intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard, adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard, chartered libertine, adulteress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, woman, woman of the town, streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece, frail sisterhood, demirep, wench, trollop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, slut, minx, harridan, unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman, woman of easy virtue, wanton, fornicatress, Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette, demimonde, chippy, sapphist, spiritual wife, white slave, concubine, mistress, doxy, chere amie, bona roba, pimp, procurer, pander, pandar, bawd, conciliatrix, procuress, mackerel, wittol.