pimp up

English

Verb

pimp up (third-person singular simple present pimps up, present participle pimping up, simple past and past participle pimped up)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To get dressed up in showy clothing or jewellery.
    Synonym: dress up
    I need to pimp up a little before going out.
  2. (informal, transitive) To decorate or prettify in a showy manner.
    Synonym: pimp out
    • 2011 December 18, Jay Rayner, “Restaurant review: Aurelia”, in The Observer‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 August 2022:
      A thin, crunchy lemon and thyme rosti was essentially the pimped-up aesthetic of the Kettle chip. That's OK. I like Kettle chips.

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