pimple

== English == === Etymology === Early Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origin but probably a nasalized variant of Old English *pipel, *pypel, from Old English piplian, pyplian (“to break out in pimples, show eruptions”), probably related to Latin papula (“pimple, pustule”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”)). Akin to Old English pipliġende (“having shingles”). === Pronunciation === enPR: pĭm'p(ə)l, IPA(key): /ˈpɪmp(ə)l/ Rhymes: -ɪmpəl === Noun === pimple (plural pimples) (dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus. (slang) An annoying person. (Cockney rhyming slang) Scotch (whisky) Synonym: pimple and blotch ==== Synonyms ==== acker (old Australian slang) acne pustule spot (UK, slang) plook (Scottish) zit (US, slang) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== blackhead whitehead === Verb === pimple (third-person singular simple present pimples, present participle pimpling, simple past and past participle pimpled) To develop pimples. === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Pimple”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. == Spanish == === Verb === pimple inflection of pimplar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative