Used in a Sentence

pimple

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pimple.

Editorial note

Not convinced either will last, but Twitter is effectively mashing on a pimple and making it worse.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

To develop pimples.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pimple gathered in one view.

verb

To develop pimples.

noun

(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

noun

(slang) An annoying person.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pimple.

verb

To develop pimples.

noun

(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

noun

(slang) An annoying person.

noun

(Cockney rhyming slang) Scotch (whisky)

Example sentences

1

Not convinced either will last, but Twitter is effectively mashing on a pimple and making it worse.

2

There is no point of no return, earth cycles temperatures regularly, humanity is just a pimple on its face.

3

No, snapchat is not going to replace tv ads for example, even though pimple faced teens use it to send belfies.

4

Yeah but industrial doesn't even show up as a pimple on the spreadsheet of devices.

5

I started clocking real money, admining unix systems, when I was pimple-faced and fresh out of high school.

6

Pain that is much more intense than a normal pimple or ingrown hair.

7

This is why assholes were legally allowed to call me pimple-face, for instance.

8

Even the pimple faced 16 year old at Chick fil'a eventually gets promoted to team leader potentially in a matter of months or a year.

9

Some people start fighting back, half of restaurant workers are over 30 but according to general public they are all pimple faced 17 year olds.

10

This is a pimple on the arse of said consequence.

11

We're a pimple on the spreadsheet of America.

12

In its time Turbo Pascal was an amazing piece of software but in the grand scheme of things it is a pimple compared to the whale that is C.

Quote examples

1

Customer: "Our global market share is a pimple on the ass of our competitors.

2

I swear one of these days people will go the emergency room because they "have a pimple", and they'll immediately be given a round of antibiotics.

3

The article boils down to a basic fact: "The unexotic underclass are unexploitable." Despite all the dancing around this fact, it pops out in the article like a pimple on an ivy leaguing debutant's nose in their weekly dermotalogist face cleansing.

Proper noun examples

1

Pimple - a dependency injection framework.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pimple in a sentence?

Not convinced either will last, but Twitter is effectively mashing on a pimple and making it worse.

What does pimple mean?

To develop pimples.

What part of speech is pimple?

pimple is commonly used as verb, noun.