Vamper

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

vamper - a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, vamp, tease adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"