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Noun: vamp  vamp
  1. [informal] A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
    - coquette, flirt, vamper, minx, tease, flirter
     
  2. An improvised musical accompaniment
     
  3. Piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe
Verb: vamp  vamp
  1. Make up
    "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting";
    - vamp up
     
  2. Piece (something old) with a new part
    "vamp up an old speech";
    - vamp up
     
  3. [informal] Act seductively with (someone)
     
  4. Provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
    "vamp my old boots";
    - revamp

Derived forms: vamping, vamps, vamped

Type of: accompaniment, adult female, backup, bushel [US], chat up [Brit, informal], cook up [informal], coquet [rare], dally, doctor [informal], fabricate, fix, flirt, furbish up, invent, make up, manufacture, mash [archaic], mend, musical accompaniment, patch, philander, piece, piece of leather, repair, restore, romance, support, touch on, woman

Part of: upper

Encyclopedia: Vamp