From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
vamp \vamp\, v. t. & i.
To seduce (a man) sexually for purpose of exploitation.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vamp \Vamp\ (v[a^]mp), v. i.
To advance; to travel. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vamp \Vamp\, n. [OE. vampe, vaumpe, vauntpe, F. avantpied the
forefoot, vamp; avant 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.
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2. Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new
appearance. See {Vamp}, v. t.
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3. (Music) A usually improvized Jazz accompaniment,
consisting of simple chords in sucession.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
vamp \vamp\, n.
A woman who seduces men with her charm and wiles, in order to
exploit them.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vamp \Vamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vamped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Vamping}.]
1. To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to
to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to
patch; -- often followed by up.
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I had never much hopes of your vamped play. --Swift.
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2. To create with little skill; to concoct; to invent; --
usually with up; as, he vamped up an implausible excuse.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vamp
n 1: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
[syn: {coquette}, {flirt}, {vamp}, {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}, {vamp up}]
2: piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old
speech" [syn: {vamp}, {vamp up}]
3: act seductively with (someone)
4: provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" [syn:
{vamp}, {revamp}]
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Vamp /vɛmp/
vamp
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