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vamp
1[ vamp ]
noun
- the portion of a shoe or boot upper that covers the instep and toes.
- something patched up or pieced together.
- Jazz. an accompaniment, usually improvised, consisting of a succession of simple chords.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with a vamp, especially to repair (a shoe or boot) with a new vamp.
- to patch up; repair.
- to give (something) a new appearance by adding a patch or piece.
- to concoct or invent (often followed by up ):
He vamped up a few ugly rumors to discredit his enemies.
- Jazz. to improvise (an accompaniment or the like).
verb (used without object)
- Jazz. to improvise an accompaniment, tune, etc.
vamp
2[ vamp ]
noun
- a seductive woman who uses her sensuality to exploit men.
verb (used with object)
- to use feminine charms upon; seduce.
verb (used without object)
- to act as a vamp.
vamp
1/ væmp /
noun
- something patched up to make it look new
- the reworking of a theme, story, etc
- an improvised accompaniment, consisting largely of chords
- the front part of the upper of a shoe
verb
- troften foll byup to give a vamp to; make a renovation of
- to improvise (an accompaniment) to (a tune)
vamp
2/ væmp /
noun
- a seductive woman who exploits men by use of her sexual charms
verb
- to exploit (a man) in the fashion of a vamp
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Derived Forms
- ˈvamper, noun
- ˈvampish, adjective
- ˈvamper, noun
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Other Words From
- vamper noun
- vampish adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vamp1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vamp1
Origin of vamp2
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Example Sentences
Or you are Elizabeth Taylor: an on-screen vamp with the most tempestuously public love-life dramas (with Richard Burton).
The relationship between Jason Stackhouse and baby vamp Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll)?
Amid the color, there was also room for a little vamp at Zac Posen, Devi Kroell, and Tracy Reese.
Chain 1, a double in each double across vamp, narrowing in the middle and at end.
We both slipped off into the crowd and as soon as we encountered our first vamp, we both said, loudly, "Bite bite bite bite bite!"
The vamp was a girl, tiny, so short I thought she was really young, but she must have been 17 or 18 from her face and the smile.
He sat down to vamp an odd accompaniment indifferently, but Marie was not listening for the accompaniment.
I think she is,—not a silly vamp, that the girls joke about,—but the real thing!
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