simp

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[ simp ]

nounInformal.

Origin of simp

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First recorded in 1900–05; shortening of simpleton

Words Nearby simp

Other definitions for simp (2 of 2)

simp2
[ simp ]

nounSlang: Disparaging.
  1. a person, especially a man, who is excessively attentive or submissive to an object of sexual attraction: You're still hanging around her? You're such a simp.

  2. a weak or submissive person; wimp.

verb (used without object)Slang: Disparaging.
  1. to be excessively attentive or submissive, especially to an object of sexual attraction: I can't stand to see you simp for someone who gives you the bare minimum.

Origin of simp

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First recorded in 1980–85; from hip-hop culture; possibly of the same origin as simp1

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How to use simp in a sentence

  • Come, tell simp there's a reporter rubberin' around and you're scared to death.

    American Sketches | Charles Whibley
  • You were not—asked—as I understand—it—to sell, but simp—simply to put—as I understand it—the bottle here.

    Fighting the Sea | Edward A. Rand
  • "You simply haven't got her Bertillon measurements, simp.," he was forced to admit, after an hour of fruitless thinking.

    The False Gods | George Horace Lorimer
  • His name is Simpson Wolley—simp, he's called for short, though he is not as simple as his name sounds.

    The Moving Picture Girls | Laura Lee Hope
  • simp Wolley hasn't much principle, and I know a lot of fellows who have done business with him to their sorrow.

    The Moving Picture Girls | Laura Lee Hope

British Dictionary definitions for simp

simp

/ (sɪmp) /


noun
  1. US slang short for simpleton

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