Imp vs Pimp - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) A young shoot of a plant, tree etc.
* Sir Orfeo , 69:
(obsolete) A scion, offspring; a child.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene I.3:
* Fairfax
A young or inferior devil; a malevolent supernatural creature, similar to a demon but smaller and less powerful.
* Beattie
A mischievous child.
* 1908 ,
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, such as an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.
(obsolete) To plant or engraft.
(archaic) To graft, implant; to set or fix.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.9:
*:That headlesse tyrants tronke he reard from ground, / And, having ympt the head to it agayne, / Upon his usuall beast it firmely bound, / And made it so to ride as it alive was found.
(falconry) To engraft feathers into a bird's wing.
To eke out, strengthen, enlarge.
A man who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for prostitutes; a panderer.
A man who can easily attract women.
To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.
To prostitute someone.
(transitive, US, African American Vernacular English) To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle, according to ghetto standards (also (pimp out)).
(transitive, medicine, slang) To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff).
* 2004 , Robert A. Blume, Arthur W. Combs, The Continuing American Revolution: A Psychological Perspective , page 183
(transitive, US, slang) To promote, to tout.
(slang) To persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.
(slang) excellent, fashionable, stylish
five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting
As an initialism imp
is inosine monophosphate.As a noun pimp is
a man who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for prostitutes; a panderer.As a verb pimp is
to act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.As an adjective pimp is
(slang) excellent, fashionable, stylish.As a numeral pimp is
five in cumbrian and welsh sheep counting.imp
English
Noun
(en noun)- Þai sett hem doun al þre / Vnder a fair ympe-tre.
- And thou most dreaded impe of highest Ioue'', / Faire ''Venus sonne, [...] come to mine ayde [...].
- The tender imp was weaned.
- to mingle in the clamorous fray of squabbling imps
- I've left my young children to look after themselves, and a more mischievous and troublesome set of young imps doesn't exist...
Synonyms
* (mischievous child) brat, urchin, little dickensDerived terms
* impish * implikeVerb
(en verb)- "For, if I imp my wing on Thine" – Herbert (1633)
Anagrams
* (l) * (l) * (l)pimp
English
Etymology 1
Origin unknown. Perhaps from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* pimpdom * pimphood * pimpness * pimpship * pimp slap, pimp-slapVerb
(en verb)- The smooth-talking, tall man with heavy gold bracelets claimed he could pimp anyone.
- You pimped out that AC (air conditioner) f'real (for real), dawg.
- Only an attending physician can pimp' a chief resident; the chief resident and attending can '''pimp''' a junior resident; they all three can ' pimp an intern.
- I gotta show you this sweet website where you can pimp your blog and get more readers.
- I pimped her out of $2,000 and she paid for the entire stay at the Bahamas.
Synonyms
* pitch, promote, tout, spruikDerived terms
* pimp off * pimp out * pimp upAdjective
(head)See also
* pimping * player * playahSee also
* madamExternal links
*Double-Tongued Dictionary definition