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Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.
Carol Burnett

Meaning of "pimple" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PIMPLE

Related to Old English pipilian to break out in spots; compare Latin papula pimple.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PIMPLE

pimple  [ˈpɪmpəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIMPLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pimple is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PIMPLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pimple

Pimple

A pimple, zit or spot is a kind of comedo and one of the many results of excess oil getting trapped in the pores. Some of the varieties are pustules or papules. Pimples can be treated by various acne medications prescribed by a physician, or purchased at a pharmacy with a wide variety of treatments.

Definition of pimple in the English dictionary

The definition of pimple in the dictionary is a small round usually inflamed swelling of the skin. Other definition of pimple is any of the bumps on the surface of a table tennis bat.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIMPLE


ample
ˈæmpəl
bedimple
bɪˈdɪmpəl
counterexample
ˈkaʊntərɪɡˌzɑːmpəl
crimple
ˈkrɪmpəl
crumple
ˈkrʌmpəl
dimple
ˈdɪmpəl
example
ɪɡˈzɑːmpəl
hippocampal
ˌhɪpəˈkæmpəl
oversimple
ˌəʊvəˈsɪmpəl
resample
riːˈsɑːmpəl
rimple
ˈrɪmpəl
sample
ˈsɑːmpəl
semple
ˈsempəl
simple
ˈsɪmpəl
stemple
ˈstɛmpəl
subsample
ˈsʌbˌsɑːmpəl
temple
ˈtɛmpəl
trample
ˈtræmpəl
ultrasimple
ˌʌltrəˈsɪmpəl
wimple
ˈwɪmpəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIMPLE

pima
piment
pimento
pimiento
pimp
pimp up
pimped-out
pimped-up
pimpernel
pimping
pimpled
pimpliness
pimply
pimpmobile
pin
pin bone
pin clover
pin curl
pin down
pin grass

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIMPLE

A-sample
B-sample
biased sample
blood sample
cample
dumple
ensample
fee simple
for example
free sample
frumple
Inner Temple
matched sample
Middle Temple
random sample
rumple
scrumple
stratified sample
uncrumple

Synonyms and antonyms of pimple in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PIMPLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pimple» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pimple
boil · papule · plook · pustule · spot · swelling · zit

Translation of «pimple» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIMPLE

Find out the translation of pimple to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pimple from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pimple» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

丘疹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grano
570 millions of speakers

English

pimple
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حَب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прыщ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

espinha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফুস্কুড়ি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bouton
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jerawat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pickel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

吹き出物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뾰루지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pimple
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mụn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பரு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुरुम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sivilce
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

foruncolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krosta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прищ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σπυράκι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pukkel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kvissla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kvise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pimple

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIMPLE»

The term «pimple» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.148 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIMPLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pimple» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pimple» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pimple

EXAMPLES

9 QUOTES WITH «PIMPLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pimple.
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Selma Blair
I used to wear a lot of red lipstick, and when I got a pimple, I'd cover it up with eyeliner to turn it into a beauty mark.
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Abigail Breslin
It's cheesy, but having a pimple or a bad hair day isn't going to matter in five years. I don't always remember that, but I try.
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Carol Burnett
Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.
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Cindy Crawford
I don't want to have to be beautiful all the time. I want to be able to look cruddy in my weekend sweats, with a pimple on my face and pimple cream on top of the pimple. The expectation to always be beautiful bothers me.
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Mark Hyman
Our typical Western diet is full of inflammatory fats - saturated fats, trans fats, too many omega-6, inflammatory, processed vegetable oils like soy and corn oils. These increase IGF-1 and stimulate pimple follicles.
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Jack Nicholson
When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
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Francia Raisa
I like to carry a concealer palette that has a green, a yellow, and a tan color. I like to carry the green one because when I have a pimple, it's good to use that to contrast the red. Then you put the yellow over it, and it helps it disappear.
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Pat Robertson
I mean the terrorists are - are like a pimple, like a boil. They'll go away.
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Angus Young
I wouldn't know any newer bands. We're past the pimple stage.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIMPLE»

Discover the use of pimple in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pimple and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cancer Ain't Nothing But a Pimple Ta God
Staples offers his testimony of God's faithfulness and miraculous healing from his two encounters with a rare, deadly cancer in 1995 and 2000. (Motivation)
Charles H. Staples, 2008
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Murder and Mayhem in Goose Pimple Junction
When Tess Tremaine starts a new life in the colorful town of Goose Pimple Junction, curiosity leads her to look into a seventy-five-year-old murder.
Amy Metz, 2012
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Blue Ridge Chronicles: A Decade of Dispatches from Southwest ...
PIMPLE JUNCTION —James Gilmer, whom it's not unusual to find with engine oil on his hands, was born and raised in Goose Pimple Junction, and he has seen the changes close up. He's sixty years old. “It's a quiet little community,” the ...
Rex Bowman, 2008
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The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Weddings
Soak a hand towel, handkerchief, or cloth napkin in hot water, then hold it against the pimple for at least 1 minute. Assess. Check the pimple. Ifit has a small white area at the center, it has come to a head: It may be popped to relieve pressure ...
David Borgenicht, Sarah Jordan, Joshua Piven, 2010
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A Real Girl's College Survival Guide
We all know it is bad to pop pimples, you should always let a pimple run it's course naturally, and we should never touch them. Blah, blah, blah! Come on, we all pop pimples! Sometimes you just have to pop it; you can't go out in public with a ...
Carli Evilsizer, 2011
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Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica
T. F. Allen. an inflamed pimple ou the forehead (one hundred and ninety-fifth day) ; the pimple ou the forehead is full of pus (one hundred and ninety-sixth day); an inflamed pimple on the forehead (one hundred and ninety-ninth, two hundredth, ...
T. F. Allen, 2013
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Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960: On the Halls ...
Pimple is an actor who passes through the fourth wall of theater to play his role in public and domestic spaces. The complication arises when he rehearses his part at home, with the assistance of his wife. On one side of the window blind their ...
Paul Matthew St. Pierre, 2009
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Acne Messages: Crack the Code of Your Zits and Say Goodbye ...
But for certain, once your have extracted a pimple, leave it alone. Do not return to a pimple a few minutes, hours or days later to begin squeezing it again. This will only delay the healing process and promote scarring. And always disinfect your ...
Naweko San-Joyz, 2004
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New Manual; Or, Symptomen-codex
8 Sore and smarting pimple in the vermilion border of upper lip, Hep. *. 9. Pimples and little ulcers around the mouth, with tearing pain on moving the part, Duk. 10. Chapped lips, with pimples on the vermilion border of lower lip, with burning ...
Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, Charles Julius Hempel, 1853
10
Research Ethics
The articles in this volume discuss a broad range of issues in research ethics.
Kenneth D. Pimple, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIMPLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pimple is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ancient Volcano Tattooed the Earth with Giant Rings
After the eruption, the ruptured crust collapses into the magma chamber, similar to how skin subsides after a pimple is popped. Magma ... «Discovery News, Jul 15»
2
An earlier intervention would have helped me keep my foot
Prior to the amputation, John had to walk around with a vacuum pump strapped to his leg as the pimple on his toe grew and he developed ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
A town's culminating effort in Scott County
The “pimple” was a needle mark in the crook in Sawyer Pulliam's arm where he had been injecting heroin. Sawyer Pulliam died in November ... «Newsandtribune, Jul 15»
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Daily Reads:
... it's right but don't come down on me / You're an educated jerk, write about us / I could squeeze you like a pimple / but I don't need the pus. «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
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Rural real estate killed by Congress
Imagine a pimple, on a flea, sitting on an elephant, in a circus train, on a cargo ship, floating in the middle of the ocean. The pimple is the ... «Great Falls Tribune, Jul 15»
6
WEBB: Message to a brand new big brother
I have red hair, I can't dunk a basketball, and there's a pimple on my nose that's been there since I was 16, but I'm the luckiest fellow in history ... «Evansville Courier & Press, Jul 15»
7
Superdome helped state recover
9, 1975, had been called “The World's Biggest Pimple,” “The Ninth Wonder of the World” and “The $163 Million Misunderstanding.” “It has been ... «American Press, Jul 15»
8
Performance Enhancing Drugs Used By Video Gamers
The world has come a long way in accepting that playing StarCraft can be a professional occupation, or that not only prepubescent pimple ... «Apex Tribune, Jul 15»
9
'Dr Pimple Popper': Meet the dermatologist with 260000 Youtube …
DR SANDRA LEE is better known as her Youtube name Dr Pimple Popper and wins over subscribers with her stomach-churning videos. «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
10
Woman, paramour held for man's murder
On July 9, Sameer Pimple (36), also a school teacher, was found dead inside the bathroom of his house in the town, Additional Superintendent ... «Free Press Journal, Jul 15»

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