vamp (redirected from vampy)

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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vamp¹ Informal

n

a seductive woman who exploits men by use of her sexual charms

vb

to exploit (a man) in the fashion of a vamp

[short for vampire]

vamper  n

vampish  adj

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vamp²

n

1. something patched up to make it look new

2. the reworking of a theme, story, etc.

3. (Music) an improvised accompaniment, consisting largely of chords

4. (Clothing & Fashion) the front part of the upper of a shoe

vb

1. (Clothing & Fashion) (tr; often foll by up) to give a vamp to; make a renovation of

2. (Music) to improvise (an accompaniment) to (a tune)

[from Old French avantpié the front part of a shoe (hence, something patched), from avant- fore- + pié foot, from Latin pēs]

vamper  n

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vamp - Theda Bara's performance in the movie The Vampire brought us this word, meaning "seductive woman."

See also related terms for movie.

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"

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vamp

noun

seductress, siren, femme fatale (French), temptress, Mata Hari, mantrap (informal) a vamp in a figure-hugging black dress

verb

seduce, tempt, lure, lead on, flirt with, toy with, beguile, chat up (informal), make up to, trifle with, make eyes at the scene in which the hero is vamped by a brunette siren

Translations

vamp [væmp]

A. N

1. (= woman) → vampiresa f, vampi f

2. [of shoe] → empeine m

3. (= patch) → remiendo m

4. (Mus) (= improvised accompaniment) → acompañamiento m improvisado

B. VT

1. (= flirt with) → coquetear con, flirtear con
to vamp sb into doing sth → engatusar a algn para que haga algo

2. [+ shoe] → poner empella a

3. (Mus) → improvisar, improvisar un acompañamiento para

C. VI (Mus) → improvisar(un acompañamiento)

vamp up VT + ADV (= make more attractive) [+ dress, room] → arreglar
to vamp up an engine (= repair) → componer un motor; (= supercharge) → sobrealimentar un motor

vamp [ˈvæmp]

n → vamp f

vt → vamper

vamp¹

n (= woman) → Vamp m

vt she’s been vamping him all the time → sie hat die ganze Zeit ihre Reize bei ihm spielen lassen

vi → den Vamp spielen

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vamp²

n

(of shoe: = upper) → Oberleder nt

(Mus) → Improvisation f

vt

(= repair) → flicken

(Mus) accompaniment → improvisieren, sich (dat) → einfallen lassen

vi (Mus) → improvisieren, aus dem Stegreif spielen