vamp

vamp ¹  (vmp)

n.

1. The upper part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and sometimes extending over the toe.

2.

a. Something patched up or refurbished.

b. Something rehashed, as a book based on old material.

3. Music An improvised accompaniment.

v. vamped, vamp·ing, vamps

v.tr.

1. To provide (a shoe) with a new vamp.

2. To patch up (something old); refurbish.

3. To put together; fabricate or improvise: With no hard news available about the summit meeting, the reporters vamped up questions based only on rumor.

4. Music To improvise (an accompaniment, for example) for a solo.

v.intr. Music

To improvise simple accompaniment or variation of a tune.

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[Middle English vampe, sock, from Old French avanpie : avaunt, before; see vanguard + pie, foot (from Latin ps; see ped- in Indo-European roots).]

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vamper n.

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vamp ²  (vmp) Informal

n.

A woman who uses her sex appeal to entrap and exploit men.

v. vamped, vamp·ing, vamps

v.tr.

To seduce or exploit (someone) in the manner of a vamp.

v.intr.

To play the part of a vamp.

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[Short for vampire.]

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vampish adj.

vampish·ly adv.

vampy adj.

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vamp ¹ Informal

Noun

a sexually attractive woman who seduces men

Verb

(of a woman) to seduce (a man) [short for vampire]

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vamp ²

Verb

vamp up to make (a story, piece of music, etc.) seem new by inventing additional parts [Old French avantpié the front part of a shoe]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vamp - a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, vamper, tease adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
	2.	vamp - an improvised musical accompaniment musical accompaniment, accompaniment, backup, support - a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
	3.	vamp - piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe piece of leather - a separate part consisting of leather upper - piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot; "Uppers come in many styles"
Verb	1.	vamp - make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting" vamp up cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue
	2.	vamp - piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old speech" vamp up patch, piece - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
	3.	vamp - act seductively with (someone) chat up, coquet, coquette, flirt, mash, philander, romance, dally, butterfly - talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
	4.	vamp - provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" revamp fix, furbish up, mend, repair, bushel, doctor, touch on, restore - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"