noun

1. the part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and, in some styles, the toes

2. Etymology: < the v.

   1. something patched up or fixed up to seem new; patchwork
   2. something patched on
   3. 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

Etymology: ME vampe < OFr avampié < avant, before + pié, pied, foot < L pes (gen. pedis), foot

transitive verb

1. to put a vamp on; provide or mend with a new vamp
2. to patch (up); repair
3. to invent; fabricate
4. Music to improvise

intransitive verb