pimping
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How pimping fits the hive
Base Score
7
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
5
G I M N P
Two-Letter Start
PI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Useful for cleanup scans
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- PI start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
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- pimping is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include g, i, m, n, p plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I x2, P x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the PI start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
verb
To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.
verb
To prostitute someone.
"The smooth-talking, tall man with heavy gold bracelets claimed he could pimp anyone."
verb
To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle, according to ghetto standards (also pimp out).
"You pimped out that motorcycle f'real, dawg."
verb
To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff).
verb
To promote, to tout.
"I gotta show you this sweet website where you can pimp your blog and get more readers."
verb
To persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.
"I pimped her out of $2,000 and she paid for the entire stay at the Bahamas."
noun
The practise of procuring prostitutes.
noun
The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance.
adjective
Little or petty.
adjective
Puny; sickly
adjective
Consisting of or having the qualities of a pimp.
Related Words
Same Letters
- impinging
- gimping
Synonyms
- pitch
- promote
- spruik
- tout
- hustle
- whoreout
- pandering
- poncing
- procuration
- procurement
- procuring
- proxenetism