improvise in playing music; make a vamp for a shoe; use sex appeal to manipulate and exploit
part of boot or shoe which covers the instep; musical improvisation; reworking of an already existing piece (i.e. book or article); seductive woman who uses her sex appeal in a manipulative way (especially to exploit men) ; vampire
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Vamp Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
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.
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.
(v. i.)
To advance; to travel.
To advance; to travel.
(n.)
The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.
The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.
(n.)
Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAny piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t.
vamp
\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.
vamp
\vamp\ (?), v. i. to advance; to travel. [obs.]
vamp
\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
n
1. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men [syn: coquette, flirt, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser]
2. an improvised musical accompaniment
3. piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe v 1: make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting" [syn: vamp up]
2: piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old speech [syn: vamp up]
3: act seductively with (someone)
4. provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" [syn: revamp]
similar words(1)
vamp up
(derogatory) 1. woman who uses her charms to seduce and exploit men; 2. act as a vamp (short for “vampire”)
to leave
pawn
Noun
1. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
(synonym) coquette, flirt, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser
(hypernym) woman, adult female
2. an improvised musical accompaniment
(hypernym) accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support
3. piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe
(hypernym) piece of leather
(part-holonym) upper
(derivation) revamp
Verb
1. make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting"
(synonym) vamp up
(hypernym) fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
2. piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old speech"
(synonym) vamp up
(hypernym) patch, piece
3. act seductively with (someone)
(hypernym) chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
(derivation) coquette, flirt, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser
4. provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots"
(synonym) revamp
(hypernym) repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
Vamp Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Vamp Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The VaMP driverless car was one of the first truly autonomous cars along with its twin vehicle, the VITA-2. They were able to drive in heavy traffic for long distances without human intervention, using computer vision to recognize rapidly moving obstacles such as other cars, and automatically avoid and pass them.
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Vamp may refer to:
- VaMP, the first autonomous car that drove long distances in traffic
- Vamp (band), a Norwegian folk music band
- Vamp, a character in the Metal Gear series of video games
- Vamp (Gobots), in Gobots toyline and cartoon
- Vamp (comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Vamp (film) (1986), a movie starring Grace Jones
- Vamp (music), a repeating musical figure or accompaniment
- VAMP (VMS, Apache, MySQL, PHP), a variation of LAMP (solution stack)
- VAMP Research Databank, former name of the General Practice Research Database
- Vamp!, a light novel series by Ryohgo Narita
- VAMP (G.I. Joe), a fictional vehicle featured in comics, cartoons and toy form
- Vesicle-associated membrane protein, a family of proteins
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is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita, with illustrations by Katsumi Enami. The first novel was released on June 10, 2004, and the most recent on August 10, 2005; each of the three volumes were published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko label. Volume three promised a fourth volume in 2006, but it came out in August, 2008. The series has been licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment for release in English; the first novel was due out in September 2008, but was never published due to Seven Seas putting their light novel line on hold.
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Vamp Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
A continuously repeated musical phrase.
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