pimpingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈpɪmpɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɪmpɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pimp n.¹, -ing suffix¹; pimp v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < pimp n.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly < pimp v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier pimping adj.¹

1. The work of a pimp or procurer of prostitutes; (later) the practice of managing or controlling prostitutes and living off their earnings. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring

bawdryc1374

panderism1601

panderizing1603

panderage1612

mackerelage1613

pandering1615

pandership1633

brokerage1645

pimping1646

bawding1676

procuration1696

procuring1696

1646 H. Mill 2nd Pt. Nights Search xxii. 135 Pimping is away [sic] it doth applaud, But being old enough 'twill be a Baud.

1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo Visions i. 6 The Poets do us many a good turn, both by Pimping and otherwise.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. vi. 83 Vast Numbers of our People are compelled to seek their Livelihood by Begging, Robbing, Stealing, Cheating, Pimping, [etc.].

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 13 His mother had been laundress to a man of quality, and thus he early acquired a taste for pimping and pedigree.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 50 He succeeded in acquiring..partly by gambling, and partly by pimping, an estate of three thousand pounds a year.

1957 C. MacInnes City of Spades ii. ix. 165 He got up, put on his tailored duffel coat, and said, ‘Now I must get out in the cold and do me pimpin... A little coloured lady for you?’

1995 Guardian 8 May i. 6/8 The penalty for keeping a brothel is up to six months in prison, and pimping up to seven years' jail.

2. Voyeurism. Cf. pimp v. 5. rare.

ΚΠ

1979 J. Wainwright Brainwash xxxix. 164 Your wife calls it voyeurism..we call it ‘pimping’. A wrong use of the word, I know. But that's what we call it. Pimping.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pimpingn.²

Brit.

/ˈpɪmpɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɪmpɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pimp n.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < pimp n.² + -ing suffix¹.

English regional (south-eastern). rare.

The preparation of bundles of firewood (cf. pimp n.²). Only in pimping-shed n. a shed in which firewood is chopped and made into bundles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > gathering into (a) bundle(s) > specific things

kidding1504

pimping1930

1930 V. Sackville-West Edwardians vi. 251 He looked into the pimping-shed, where old Turnour was chopping faggots.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pimpingadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈpɪmpɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɪmpɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pimp n.¹, -ing suffix²; pimp v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: Partly < pimp n.¹ + -ing suffix², and partly < pimp v. + -ing suffix². The semantic development of sense 2 is unclear; compare later pimp v. 5.

1. That acts as or like a pimp; of or reminiscent of a pimp.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [adjective] > of nature or characteristic of pimp > pimping

broking1598

pandering1603

panderizing1603

pimping1640

1640 H. Mill Nights Search 27 A pimping theife, his life and death.

1682 Roxburghe Ballads (1882) IV. 269 What Pimping Whig shall dare controule, or check the Lawful Heir [sc. James Duke of York]?

a1704 T. Brown Pleasures of Love in Wks. (1707) I. i. 151 And Pimping Darkness shut out Day.

1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. ii. xv. 247 Nor a c— c— c— cast-off, worn-out p— p— p—pimping footman, whose dirty services w— w— w— were rewarded with this place.

a1846 J. H. Frere Fragment in Wks. (1872) I. 283 The pimping pen That seeks to pander for a race unborn.

1977 W. T. Weatherby Home in Dark xxi. 118 You stupid pimping fool.

1991 Esquire (BNC) Apr. 77 The tale of a charming, drug-addicted, dope-dealing, pimping, strip-show barker.

†2. That spies or peeps. Cf. pimp v. 5. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. xvii. 265 There are so many pimpin' eyes about now, a body has to be cautious.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pimpingadj.²

Brit.

/ˈpɪmpɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɪmpɪŋ/

Forms: 1600s– pimping; English regional 1800s pimpin, 1800s– pimpin'; also Scottish 1700s pimpin.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Eng. Dial. Dict.(1903) records two perhaps related English regional words from Gloucestershire and Cornwall respectively: pimpy small, paltry, mean, sickly, pimpey , pimpy weak watery cider (both late 19th cent.). Perhaps compare Dutch pimpeltje weak little man (early 18th cent.), German regional (East Central) pimpeln to be weak or sickly (1678 as pümpeln ), pimpelig weak, sickly, ailing (early 19th cent.). Perhaps compare pimp n.²

Now English regional and U.S. slang.

Insignificant, paltry, petty. Also: in poor health or condition, sickly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased

untrumc825

sickc888

unwholec888

slackc897

unstronga900

sicklea1000

sam-halea1023

worseOE

attaint1303

languishinga1325

heallessc1374

sicklyc1374

sicklewa1387

bada1393

mishalea1400

languoring?c1425

distempered1440

unwell?c1450

detent?a1475

poora1475

languorousc1475

maladif1481

illa1500

maladiousc1500

wanthriven1508

attainted1509

unsound1513

acrazed1521

cracked1527

unsoundya1529

visited1537

infirmed1552

crazed1555

healthless1568

ill-liking1572

afflicted1574

crazy1576

unhealthful1580

sickish1581

valetudinary1581

not well1587

fainty1590

ill-disposed1596

unhealthsome1598

tainted1600

ill-affected1604

peaking1611

unhealthy1611

infirmited1616

disaffected1626

physical1633

illish1637

pimping1640

invalid1642

misaffected1645

valetudinarious1648

unhale1653

badly1654

unwholesome1655

valetudinous1655

morbulent1656

off the hooksa1658

mawkish1668

morbid1668

unthriven1680

unsane1690

ailing1716

not wellish1737

underlya1742

poorly1750

indifferent1753

comical1755

maladized1790

sober1808

sickened1815

broken-down1816

peaky1821

poorlyish1827

souffrante1827

run-down1831

sicklied1835

addle1844

shaky1844

mean1845

dauncy1846

stricken1846

peakyish1853

po'ly1860

pindling1861

rough1882

rocky1883

suffering1885

wabbit1895

icky-boo1920

like death warmed up1924

icky1938

ropy1945

crappy1956

hanging1971

sick as a parrot1982

shite1987

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible

unworthlyc1230

wretcha1250

seely1297

vilec1320

not worth a cress (kerse)1377

the value of a rushc1380

threadbarec1412

wretched1450

miserable?a1513

rascal1519

prettya1522

not worth a whistlea1529

pegrall1535

plack1539

pelting1540

scald1542

sleeveless1551

baggage1553

paltering1553

piddling1559

twopenny1560

paltry1565

rubbish1565

baggagely1573

pelfish1577

halfpenny1579

palting1579

baubling1581

three-halfpenny1581

pitiful1582

triobolar1585

squirting1589

not worth a lousea1592

hedge1596

cheap1597

peddling1597

dribbling1600

mean1600

rascally1600

three-farthingc1600

draughty1602

dilute1605

copper1609

peltry?a1610

threepenny1613

pelsy1631

pimping1640

triobolary1644

pigwidgeon1647

dustya1649

fiddling1652

puddlinga1653

insignificant1658

piteous1667

snotty1681

scrubbed1688

dishonourable1699

scrub1711

footy1720

fouty1722

rubbishing1731

chuck-farthing1748

rubbishy1753

shabby1753

scrubby1754

poxya1758

rubbishly1777

waff-like1808

trinkety1817

meanish1831

one-eyed1843

twiddling1844

measly1847

poking1850

picayunish1852

vild1853

picayune1856

snide1859

two-cent1859

rummagy1872

faddling1883

finicking1886

slushy1889

twopence halfpenny1890

jerk1893

pissy1922

crappy1928

two-bit1932

piddly1933

chickenshit1934

pissing1937

penny packet1943

farkakte1960

pony1964

gay1978

1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander i. i. sig. B^v Doe you not keepe a pimping Roaring varlet noted as much as pig.

1687 T. Brown Cal. Reform'd in Duke of Buckingham et al. Misc. Wks. (1704) 225 Out of a little pimping Corner of Britain.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. i. 4 To go sneaking on at this pitiful—pimping—pettifogging rate.

1775 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 27 Apr. (1778) This pimping patch of two acres and a quarter.

1823 C. Lamb Let. 25 Apr. (1935) II. 381 She writes such a pimping, mean, detestable hand.

1878 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxv. 23 If the narrow, pimping fractions in general use had been retained.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang § 21/10 Small, insignificant..piddling, pimping.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 226/2 What a pimpin' bit this is! Cunt 'e a' spaared any mooare?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1646

n.²1930

adj.¹1640

adj.²1640

单词	pimping
释义	pimpingn.¹ Brit. /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pimp n.¹, -ing suffix¹; pimp v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < pimp n.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly < pimp v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier pimping adj.¹ 1. The work of a pimp or procurer of prostitutes; (later) the practice of managing or controlling prostitutes and living off their earnings. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring bawdryc1374 panderism1601 panderizing1603 panderage1612 mackerelage1613 pandering1615 pandership1633 brokerage1645 pimping1646 bawding1676 procuration1696 procuring1696 1646 H. Mill 2nd Pt. Nights Search xxii. 135 Pimping is away [sic] it doth applaud, But being old enough 'twill be a Baud. 1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo Visions i. 6 The Poets do us many a good turn, both by Pimping and otherwise. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. vi. 83 Vast Numbers of our People are compelled to seek their Livelihood by Begging, Robbing, Stealing, Cheating, Pimping, [etc.]. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 13 His mother had been laundress to a man of quality, and thus he early acquired a taste for pimping and pedigree. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 50 He succeeded in acquiring..partly by gambling, and partly by pimping, an estate of three thousand pounds a year. 1957 C. MacInnes City of Spades ii. ix. 165 He got up, put on his tailored duffel coat, and said, ‘Now I must get out in the cold and do me pimpin... A little coloured lady for you?’ 1995 Guardian 8 May i. 6/8 The penalty for keeping a brothel is up to six months in prison, and pimping up to seven years' jail. 2. Voyeurism. Cf. pimp v. 5. rare. ΚΠ 1979 J. Wainwright Brainwash xxxix. 164 Your wife calls it voyeurism..we call it ‘pimping’. A wrong use of the word, I know. But that's what we call it. Pimping. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pimpingn.² Brit. /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pimp n.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < pimp n.² + -ing suffix¹. English regional (south-eastern). rare. The preparation of bundles of firewood (cf. pimp n.²). Only in pimping-shed n. a shed in which firewood is chopped and made into bundles. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > gathering into (a) bundle(s) > specific things kidding1504 pimping1930 1930 V. Sackville-West Edwardians vi. 251 He looked into the pimping-shed, where old Turnour was chopping faggots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pimpingadj.¹ Brit. /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pimp n.¹, -ing suffix²; pimp v., -ing suffix². Etymology: Partly < pimp n.¹ + -ing suffix², and partly < pimp v. + -ing suffix². The semantic development of sense 2 is unclear; compare later pimp v. 5. 1. That acts as or like a pimp; of or reminiscent of a pimp. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [adjective] > of nature or characteristic of pimp > pimping broking1598 pandering1603 panderizing1603 pimping1640 1640 H. Mill Nights Search 27 A pimping theife, his life and death. 1682 Roxburghe Ballads (1882) IV. 269 What Pimping Whig shall dare controule, or check the Lawful Heir [sc. James Duke of York]? a1704 T. Brown Pleasures of Love in Wks. (1707) I. i. 151 And Pimping Darkness shut out Day. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. ii. xv. 247 Nor a c— c— c— cast-off, worn-out p— p— p—pimping footman, whose dirty services w— w— w— were rewarded with this place. a1846 J. H. Frere Fragment in Wks. (1872) I. 283 The pimping pen That seeks to pander for a race unborn. 1977 W. T. Weatherby Home in Dark xxi. 118 You stupid pimping fool. 1991 Esquire (BNC) Apr. 77 The tale of a charming, drug-addicted, dope-dealing, pimping, strip-show barker. †2. That spies or peeps. Cf. pimp v. 5. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. xvii. 265 There are so many pimpin' eyes about now, a body has to be cautious. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pimpingadj.² Brit. /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/ Forms: 1600s– pimping; English regional 1800s pimpin, 1800s– pimpin'; also Scottish 1700s pimpin. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Eng. Dial. Dict.(1903) records two perhaps related English regional words from Gloucestershire and Cornwall respectively: pimpy small, paltry, mean, sickly, pimpey , pimpy weak watery cider (both late 19th cent.). Perhaps compare Dutch pimpeltje weak little man (early 18th cent.), German regional (East Central) pimpeln to be weak or sickly (1678 as pümpeln ), pimpelig weak, sickly, ailing (early 19th cent.). Perhaps compare pimp n.² Now English regional and U.S. slang. Insignificant, paltry, petty. Also: in poor health or condition, sickly. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased untrumc825 sickc888 unwholec888 slackc897 unstronga900 sicklea1000 sam-halea1023 worseOE attaint1303 languishinga1325 heallessc1374 sicklyc1374 sicklewa1387 bada1393 mishalea1400 languoring?c1425 distempered1440 unwell?c1450 detent?a1475 poora1475 languorousc1475 maladif1481 illa1500 maladiousc1500 wanthriven1508 attainted1509 unsound1513 acrazed1521 cracked1527 unsoundya1529 visited1537 infirmed1552 crazed1555 healthless1568 ill-liking1572 afflicted1574 crazy1576 unhealthful1580 sickish1581 valetudinary1581 not well1587 fainty1590 ill-disposed1596 unhealthsome1598 tainted1600 ill-affected1604 peaking1611 unhealthy1611 infirmited1616 disaffected1626 physical1633 illish1637 pimping1640 invalid1642 misaffected1645 valetudinarious1648 unhale1653 badly1654 unwholesome1655 valetudinous1655 morbulent1656 off the hooksa1658 mawkish1668 morbid1668 unthriven1680 unsane1690 ailing1716 not wellish1737 underlya1742 poorly1750 indifferent1753 comical1755 maladized1790 sober1808 sickened1815 broken-down1816 peaky1821 poorlyish1827 souffrante1827 run-down1831 sicklied1835 addle1844 shaky1844 mean1845 dauncy1846 stricken1846 peakyish1853 po'ly1860 pindling1861 rough1882 rocky1883 suffering1885 wabbit1895 icky-boo1920 like death warmed up1924 icky1938 ropy1945 crappy1956 hanging1971 sick as a parrot1982 shite1987 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible unworthlyc1230 wretcha1250 seely1297 vilec1320 not worth a cress (kerse)1377 the value of a rushc1380 threadbarec1412 wretched1450 miserable?a1513 rascal1519 prettya1522 not worth a whistlea1529 pegrall1535 plack1539 pelting1540 scald1542 sleeveless1551 baggage1553 paltering1553 piddling1559 twopenny1560 paltry1565 rubbish1565 baggagely1573 pelfish1577 halfpenny1579 palting1579 baubling1581 three-halfpenny1581 pitiful1582 triobolar1585 squirting1589 not worth a lousea1592 hedge1596 cheap1597 peddling1597 dribbling1600 mean1600 rascally1600 three-farthingc1600 draughty1602 dilute1605 copper1609 peltry?a1610 threepenny1613 pelsy1631 pimping1640 triobolary1644 pigwidgeon1647 dustya1649 fiddling1652 puddlinga1653 insignificant1658 piteous1667 snotty1681 scrubbed1688 dishonourable1699 scrub1711 footy1720 fouty1722 rubbishing1731 chuck-farthing1748 rubbishy1753 shabby1753 scrubby1754 poxya1758 rubbishly1777 waff-like1808 trinkety1817 meanish1831 one-eyed1843 twiddling1844 measly1847 poking1850 picayunish1852 vild1853 picayune1856 snide1859 two-cent1859 rummagy1872 faddling1883 finicking1886 slushy1889 twopence halfpenny1890 jerk1893 pissy1922 crappy1928 two-bit1932 piddly1933 chickenshit1934 pissing1937 penny packet1943 farkakte1960 pony1964 gay1978 1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander i. i. sig. B^v Doe you not keepe a pimping Roaring varlet noted as much as pig. 1687 T. Brown Cal. Reform'd in Duke of Buckingham et al. Misc. Wks. (1704) 225 Out of a little pimping Corner of Britain. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. i. 4 To go sneaking on at this pitiful—pimping—pettifogging rate. 1775 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 27 Apr. (1778) This pimping patch of two acres and a quarter. 1823 C. Lamb Let. 25 Apr. (1935) II. 381 She writes such a pimping, mean, detestable hand. 1878 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxv. 23 If the narrow, pimping fractions in general use had been retained. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang § 21/10 Small, insignificant..piddling, pimping. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 226/2 What a pimpin' bit this is! Cunt 'e a' spaared any mooare? 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