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vamp
noun
- the part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and, in some styles, the toes
- something patched up or fixed up to seem new; patchwork
- something patched on
- Music a simple, improvised introduction or interlude, esp. a series of chords, as before a jazz solo or between songs played by a dance band
transitive verb
- to put a vamp on; provide or mend with a new vamp
- to patch (up); repair
- to invent; fabricate
- Music to improvise
intransitive verb
Music to play a vamp
noun
vampire (sense )
transitive verb
to seduce or beguile (a man) by using feminine charms
intransitive verb
to act the part of a vamp
Related Forms:
- vampish adjective
See vamp in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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