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vampy
vamp 1 V0017600 (vămp)n.1. The upper part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and sometimes extending over the toe.2. a. Something patched up or refurbished.b. Something rehashed, as a book based on old material.3. Music One or more bars of music repeated indefinitely as an accompaniment.v. vamped, vamp·ing, vamps v.tr.1. To provide (a shoe) with a new vamp.2. To patch up (something old); refurbish.3. To put together; fabricate or improvise: With no hard news available about the summit meeting, the reporters vamped up questions based only on rumor.4. Music a. To play (a vamp).b. To improvise (a melody) over a vamp.v.intr. Music 1. To play a vamp.2. To improvise over a vamp.
[Middle English vampe, sock, from Old French avanpie : avaunt, before; see vanguard + pie, foot (from Latin pēs; see ped- in Indo-European roots).]
vamp′er n.
vamp 2 V0017600 (vămp) Informal n. 1. A woman who aggressively seduces men, sometimes to exploit or manipulate them. 2. A vampire. v. vamped, vamp·ing, vamps v. tr. To seduce or exploit (someone) in the manner of a vamp. v. intr. To behave like a vamp.
[Short for vampire.]
vamp′ish adj. vamp′ish·ly adv. vamp′y adj. vampy (ˈvæmpɪ) adj, -pier or -piestlike a vamp; vampishEncyclopediaSeevampVAMPY
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