1. Piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe
   "The cobbler replaced the worn vamp on the old boots"
    
2. [informal] A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
   "The vamp flirted with multiple suitors at the party";
   - coquette, flirt, vamper, minx, tease, flirter
    
3. An improvised musical accompaniment
   "The pianist provided a jazzy vamp while the singer prepared to begin"

1. Provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
   "vamp my old boots";
   - revamp
    
2. [informal] Act seductively with (someone)
   "She vamped the unsuspecting businessman"; "He vamped his way through the party"
    
3. Make up
   "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting";
   - vamp up
    
4. Piece (something old) with a new part
   "vamp up an old speech";
   - vamp up
    
5. Perform music in an improvisatory way
   "The pianist vamped while waiting for the singer"

Derived forms: vamps, vamping, vamped

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

Part of: upper

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