Pip vs Pimp - What's the difference?
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Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
(humorous) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
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(obsolete) A pippin.
A seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple.
(US, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 612:
(British, dated, WW I, signalese) P in (RAF phonetic alphabet)
One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
(military, public service) One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
A spot; a speck.
A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
To get the better of; to defeat
To hit with a gunshot
To peep, to chirp
(avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg
One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.
(finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
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 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.pip
English
(pip)Etymology 1
From (etyl) pippe, from Middle (etyl) pip, from post-classical (etyl) pipita, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I've got the pip horribly at present.
Derived terms
* like a chicken with the pipEtymology 2
Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from (etyl) pipin, from (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)- She sure is a pip , that one. You need company?
Derived terms
* pip emmaEtymology 3
Origin uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (symbol on playing card etc) spotVerb
- He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
- The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.
Etymology 4
Imitative.Verb
Etymology 5
Imitative.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (sense) strokeEtymology 6
Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* English palindromes ----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
