Pimp vs Dalesman - What's the difference?
pimp | dalesman |
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
A person from the Yorkshire Dales, or sometimes a person from Lakeland.
:January 28 2002 , A Harry Griffin, The Guardian, A time to kill.
:* The dalesmen's sport, fox-hunting on the fells, is gradually returning after its 11-months' foot-and-mouth ban.
As nouns the difference between pimp and dalesman
is that pimp is a man who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for prostitutes; a panderer while dalesman is a person from the yorkshire dales, or sometimes a person from lakeland.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.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