About The Word Vamp
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Vamp
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What's The Definition Of Vamp?
[n] piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe
[n] an improvised musical accompaniment [n] a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men [v] provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" [v] act seductively with (someone) [v] piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old speech" [v] make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting" Synonyms | Synonyms for Vamp: coquette | flirt | minx | prickteaser | revamp | tease | vamp up | vamp up | vamper Related Terms | Find terms related to Vamp: See Also | accompaniment | adult female | bushel | butterfly | chat up | cook up | coquet | coquette | dally | doctor | fabricate | fix | flirt | furbish up | invent | make up | manufacture | mash | mend | musical accompaniment | patch | philander | piece | piece of leather | repair | restore | romance | support | touch on | upper | woman Vamp In Webster's Dictionary \Vamp\, v. i.
To advance; to travel. [Obs.]
\Vamp\, n. [OE. vampe, vaumpe, vauntpe, F. avantpied the forefoot, vamp; anat before, fore + pied foot, L. pes. See {Advance}, {Van} of an army, and {Foot}.] 1. The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper. 2. Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See {Vamp}, v. t. \Vamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vamped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Vamping}.] To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up. I had never much hopes of your vamped play. --Swift. |
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