Street Slang Vocabulary

noun a person, typically a man, who controls prostitutes and arranges clients for them, taking a percentage of their earnings in return

verb to act as a pimp, to arrange clients for prostitutes

• The police arrested the man for running a pimping operation in the city.
• I heard that guy is a pimp, always driving around in fancy cars.
• She's got a pimped-out ride with all the latest upgrades.
• The marketing team really knows how to pimp up their presentations to attract more clients.

noun a severe beating or physical attack

• The victim of the assault suffered a severe beatdown.
• I heard there was a crazy beatdown at the party last night.
• Those guys got a serious beatdown after starting a fight.
• The team received a beatdown in the championship game.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

article a word that specifies a noun as definite or indefinite (e.g. 'a', 'an', 'the')

• The jewelry store owner assured me that the necklace I was interested in would be a dime.
• If you want a good cup of coffee, that new cafe down the street is a dime.
• That new album is straight fire, every track is a dime!
• Her performance in the play was a dime, she really stole the show.