Gimp vs. Pimp

Gimpnoun

A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe.

Gimpnoun

Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire.

Gimpnoun

The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.

Gimpnoun

Gumption

Gimpnoun

(informal) A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.

Gimpnoun

(informal) A crippled leg.

Gimpnoun

(informal) A limp or a limping gait.

Gimpnoun

A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar

Gimpnoun

(BDSM) A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia.

Gimpverb

(of yarn, cord, thread, etc.) To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22gimped+yarn%22 gimped yarn], etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.

Gimpverb

(dated) To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.

Gimpverb

(informal) To limp; to hobble.

Gimpadjective

Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.

Gimpadjective

Smart; spruce; trim; nice.

Gimpnoun

A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; - used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc.

Gimpverb

To notch; to indent; to jag.

Gimpnoun

disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet

Gimpnoun

twisted silk, worsted, or cotton with cord or wire running through it, used chiefly as upholstery trimming.

Gimpnoun

(in lacemaking) coarser thread which forms the outline of the design in some techniques.

Gimpnoun

fishing line made of silk bound with wire.

Gimpnoun

a physically disabled or lame person.

Gimpnoun

a limp.

Gimpnoun

a feeble or contemptible person.

Gimpverb

limp; hobble

Pimpnoun

Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.

Pimpnoun

A man who can easily attract women.

Pimpverb

(intransitive) To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.

Pimpverb

(transitive) To prostitute someone.

Pimpverb

To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle, according to ghetto standards (also pimp out).

Pimpverb

To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff).

Pimpverb

To promote, to tout.

Pimpverb

To persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.

Pimpadjective

(slang) excellent, fashionable, stylish

Pimpnumeral

five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting

Pimpnoun

One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander.

Pimpverb

To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander.

Pimpnoun

someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)

Pimpverb

arrange for sexual partners for others