dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/pim_MW.json
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{
"Pimpla":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a common and widespread genus of ichneumon wasps":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, perhaps from Latin Pimplea , fountain in Macedonia, from Greek Pimpleia":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pimpl\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210952",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Pimpri-Chinchwad":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"dual city administered as a single entity in Maharashtra, west central India population 1,727,692":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pim-pr\u0113-\u02c8chinch-\u02ccw\u00e4d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140836",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"pimp":{
"antonyms":[
"abuse",
"capitalize (on)",
"cash in (on)",
"exploit",
"impose (on ",
"leverage",
"milk",
"play (on ",
"use",
"work"
],
"definitions":{
": a criminal who is associated with, usually exerts control over, and lives off the earnings of one or more prostitutes":[],
": to customize and adorn (something, such as a car or apartment) in an ostentatious or lavish way":[
"Their backhoe had four spotlights on a bar above the cab, the same way kids pimped their pick-up trucks, and together the four beams made a wide pool of halogen brightness.",
"\u2014 Lee Child",
"\u2014 often used with out This is a parallel world where teenagers pimp out their motorboats, customizing them with dazzling LED lights and powerful stereo systems \u2026 \u2014 Leo Barraclough Foreign buyers\u2014many of them anonymous\u2014have poured cash into Miami's real-estate market for years. Think mansions priced at over $20 million, condos pimped out with private rooftop pools, and spec houses with wild extras. \u2014 Raisa Bruner"
],
": to make use of often dishonorably for one's own gain or benefit":[],
": to work as a pimp":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the sting operation nabbed 15 prostitutes and two pimps",
"Verb",
"a movie actress who pimped everybody she ever met as she clawed her way to the top",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Sopranos star Joe Pantoliano showing up as a rather menacing pimp who's on Cruise's character's tail. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Prosecutors alleged King was the victim\u2019s pimp , though a motive for the attack was not disclosed. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Zola is based on a viral Twitter thread about an exotic dancer\u2019s long weekend with a new friend and her homicidal pimp . \u2014 Katherine Schaffstall, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Mar. 2022",
"When a guy hooks up with many girls, he's called a pimp in a good way. \u2014 Audra Heinrichs, ELLE , 19 Feb. 2022",
"The infamous 1953 mansion of the late Indiana pimp -turned-magnate, Jerry Hostetler, is once again on the market and this time, the long-suffering, long-unwanted monstrosity might finally be sold. \u2014 Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Burrell told me that the film\u2019s title came from portrayals of hustler and pimp culture in Blaxploitation movies. \u2014 Adrian L. Burrell, The New Yorker , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The woman became her pimp , and sold her during the 2010 Winter Olympics. \u2014 Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline brought workers, along with a pimp and two young women. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The two women join forces against the king\u2019s desire to pimp his daughter out to a rich aristocrat, and the royal physician\u2019s plan to separate the mermaid from whatever internal organs contain her magical power. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Prosecutors charged him under the Mann Act, a 100-year-old federal law intended today to prosecute the human traffickers who cross state lines to pimp out women. \u2014 Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The golden rules of baseball -- don't have fun, don't pimp home runs, don't play with character. \u2014 Scottie Andrew And Jillian Martin, CNN , 30 June 2020",
"On the show, Henry Willson (Jim Parsons) brings Rock Hudson (Jake Picking) to one of Cukor's famous Sunday parties, in essence seeking to pimp him out to Hollywood producers to get his new client an audition. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 5 May 2020",
"Since when did the Kentucky House of Representatives start pimping for Hallmark",
"On December 16, detectives in South Florida arrested G4S guard Sebastien Noel and charged him with pimping an underaged girl out of the hotel he was supposed to be guarding. \u2014 USA TODAY , 20 Feb. 2020",
"In January 2017, Gartley was arrested in California and subsequently convicted in San Diego Superior Court of human trafficking of minors and pimping for prostitution. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Jan. 2020",
"Defense attorneys also suggested during Stoddard\u2019s cross-examination that Hernandez was involved in adult entertainment, not pimping , a possibility the officer conceded had not been investigated. \u2014 Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News , 17 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1701, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1640, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably akin to British dialect pimp small bundle of sticks, Middle English pymple papule, German Pimpf young boy, kid, literally, little fart, Pumpf, Pumps fart":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pimp"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"cadet",
"fancy man",
"pander",
"procurer"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200927",
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pimping":{
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"considerable",
"important",
"material",
"significant"
],
"definitions":{
": petty , insignificant":[],
": puny , sickly":[]
},
"examples":[
"got paid only a pimping amount of money as a reporter for a small newspaper"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably akin to Middle English pymple papule \u2014 more at pimp":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pim-p\u0259n",
"-pi\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"de minimis",
"footling",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minute",
"negligible",
"niggling",
"no-account",
"nominal",
"paltry",
"peanut",
"petty",
"picayune",
"piddling",
"piddly",
"piffling",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030237",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pimple":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a swelling or protuberance like a pimple":[]
},
"examples":[
"a painful pimple on his back",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The researchers also discovered that retinoids, a powerful and commonly used class of pimple -fighting drug, work partially by blocking fibroblasts' transformation and release of irritating proteins. \u2014 Maddie Bender, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
"Have a red, angry pimple that might be a candidate for hydrocolloid patch or Band-Aid",
"Treating acne can be a frustrating process, especially when you're left with discoloration and scarring after the pimple is gone. \u2014 Talia Gutierrez, Allure , 19 May 2022",
"What\u2019s so great about Starface\u2019s pimple -shrinking protectors",
"But having a pimple on your face does not mean that you are looked at any differently. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Popping a pimple at home can leave you with an infection, swelling, or a scar. \u2014 Julie Ricevuto, Allure , 29 Oct. 2020",
"People can confuse a cold sore for a canker sore, an angry noncontagious lesion that isn\u2019t linked with herpes, or an exceptionally painful pimple , at least in the beginning before the blister opens up. \u2014 Zahra Barnes, SELF , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Sure enough, the day after my second trial, a pimple popped up on my chin. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 21 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English pymple ; akin to Old English piplian to break out in pimples, and probably to English pimp \u2014 more at pimp":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pim-p\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"boil",
"fester",
"hickey",
"papule",
"pock",
"pustule",
"whelk",
"zit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175851",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"pimple metal":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": matte containing 77\u201379 percent copper":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from the appearance of its surface":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025903",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pimpliness":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the condition of being pimply":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-lin-",
"\u02c8pimp(\u0259)l\u0113n\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233446",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pimply gut":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": nodular disease":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092530",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pimply gut worm":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": nodular worm":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213450",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pimpmobile":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an ostentatious luxury car of a kind characteristically used by a pimp":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Other features befitting of a pimpmobile include lush faux-fur seats and a gold steering wheel. \u2014 Fortune , 13 Jan. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pimp-m\u014d-\u02ccb\u0113l",
"-m\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091647",
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}