pimp, verb
- Forms:
- Also piemp.
- Origin:
- Probably from impimpi (see impimpi).
slang
- Note:
- Also used in this sense in Australian and N.Z. English. See also impimpi.
1. transitive. To betray (someone).
1979 M. Matshoba Call Me Not a Man 74And ’strue, Mme Thandi. We might have been ‘pimped’. You know, I don’t trust that Sarah.
2. intransitive. To inform (on someone).
1984 E. Prov. Herald 19 June 13I can take care of myself and I know the rules. The worst you can do is piemp (squeal) on them. I haven’t.
To betray (someone).
To inform (on someone).
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