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noun vampvæmp 1The upper front part of a boot or shoe. heavy lace-ups with basket weave in the vamp Example sentencesExamples - The sandal has the extra details of a butterfly at the vamp and a more wrapped strap around the ankle.
- It was also interesting to see how she prepares her pointe shoes with long threads stitched across the top of the vamp, a labor of love in itself.
- The pump was the basic shoe, but its toes might be cut, the vamps curved or cut in enticing Vs, or the heels molded into a variety of shapes.
- As far a cross-trainers are concerned, there are four models available, all characterized by decisive and showy styling accented by a richly-detailed vamp.
- Further, the blue of the ribbon is echoed by the detail of blue-green vamps on the tips of his shoes.
2(in jazz and popular music) a short, simple introductory passage, usually repeated several times until otherwise instructed. the title track has an overlong vamp Example sentencesExamples - Her section of the tune ends quickly, leading to an instrumental vamp with layers and layers of woodwinds and some nice acoustic guitar.
- Instead of returning to the original melody, they play a countermelody against the vamp.
- After a short, nearly atonal string interlude, the rhythm section breaks in with an Arabic-sounding, odd-metered vamp.
- Its relentless bass vamp is likely to plough a deep furrow through your consciousness.
- The trombone takes over the vamp.
verb vampvæmp 1vamp something upinformal with object Repair or improve something. the production values have been vamped up Example sentencesExamples - His sister Coleen, a designer in New York, vamped up the interiors.
- The Mayor said the garden, which will vamp up the area between Waterside and Edgecombe Court, is to be a memorial to the town's 19th Century industrial heritage.
- If a story can be vamped up, it will be vamped up, because that's the survival route for both individual journalists and for the media outlets as well.
- Producers have vamped up the usually dull earlier rounds by giving contestants a band and audience to sing with.
- The theme song has been vamped up.
- If you are a silver person, then vamp up your wardrobe with silver clothes and accessories.
- Over the past year we have really vamped up the show.
- Sarah talks about vamping up your closet using what you have.
Synonyms refurbish, renovate, modernize, redecorate, revamp, make over, restore, recondition, rehabilitate, overhaul, repair, redevelop, rebuild, reconstruct, remodel update, bring up to date, improve upgrade refit, re-equip, refurnish North American bring something up to code informal do up, fix up, give something a facelift, tart up, vamp up, patch up North American informal rehab 2no object Repeat a short, simple passage of music. the band was vamping gently behind his busy lead guitar Example sentencesExamples - All the band does during these parts is just vamp.
- Their performances often consisted of the group vamping on a single groove for two hours at a time.
- However, rather than serving as binges between two sections with different main meters, these asymmetric constructions become the basis for extended vamping and unusual grooves.
- The song doesn't ask much of her range, allowing her to vamp as much as she wants.
- Like pieces from a musician, her collection of poetry vamps through various repeated patterns and themes truly fulfilling the ‘ostinato’ description in her title.
3with object Attach a new upper to (a boot or shoe). Example sentencesExamples - Stitching together the ends of a shoe upper is ordinarily the practice as a preliminary step to vamping the shoe.
Origin Middle English (denoting the foot of a stocking): shortening of Old French avantpie, from avant 'before' + pie 'foot'. The musical sense of the verb developed from the general sense 'improvise'. From around 1200 the vamp was the part of a stocking that covered the foot and ankle, and from the 17th century the upper front part of a boot or shoe. The word comes from an early form of French avantpied, from avant ‘before’ and pied ‘foot’ (compare vanguard at caravan). One of the cobbler's regular tasks was to replace vamps, and from the late 16th century the job could be described as vamping boots and shoes (revamp is only found from the mid 19th century). This cobbling work gave rise to a general sense ‘to improvise’ and to vamp up, ‘to repair or improve’. The ‘improvise’ sense survives in jazz and popular music, where to vamp is to repeat a short, simple passage of music. The vamp who uses her sexual attraction to exploit men is an early 20th-century shortening of vampire.
Rhymes amp, camp, champ, clamp, cramp, damp, encamp, gamp, lamp, ramp, samp, scamp, stamp, tamp, tramp noun vampvæmp informal A seductive woman who uses her sexual attractiveness to exploit men. the film-makers never allow her to become a truly saucy vamp Example sentencesExamples - She hated playing vamps, and she makes the most of every chance to expand her screen persona presented in this movie.
- I rejoice when I see vamps lighting up on screen.
- She connects with audiences as easily in lighthearted tap numbers as she does as sizzling vamps.
- The world at the inn is one dominated by women - the nymphet, the vamp, the spinster and a handful of old crones.
- This vamp doesn't really believe her man is coming.
- She transformed from frump to vamp for her role as the Wife of Bath.
- It's as if she can't make up her mind whether she wants to be a siren, a vamp or a frump.
- The legend of Mata Hari is, for sure, the most enduring image of the female spy - the vamp who wheedles state secrets out of men by her seductive charms.
- Bollywood was a risqué world with money but little class where the vamps flashed thigh and cleavage and the heroes kept their shirts unbuttoned.
- That is why female impersonators love to impersonate vamps.
- The celebrity photographer was hauled in to snap her as a 1940s vamp.
- I found her transformation from school ma'am to vamp ridiculous.
- She plays virgin and vamp, giving mixed messages that only reinforce our polar images of femininity.
Synonyms seductress, temptress, siren, femme fatale, enchantress, delilah, circe, lorelei, mata hari
verb vampvæmp [with object]informal Blatantly set out to attract. she had not vamped him like some wicked Jezebel Example sentencesExamples - And go for it she does, vamping him with abandon.
- Indeed, Lila pulls out all the stops to escape punishment, from vamping her former lover, to playing upon his guilt, to attempting to kill him.
- He gets vamped by every woman from his flirtatious mom to Ophelia.
- She vamps him by saying, ‘Your royal highness is so cute.’
- The only problem is that he is constantly drawn to Harlem's Paddy's Bar where he is ceaselessly vamped by the fun-loving Zarita.
Synonyms seduce, tempt, lure, beguile, entice
Derivatives adjective ˈvampɪʃˈvæmpɪʃ Denoting or characteristic of a seductive woman who uses her sexual attractiveness to exploit men. Example sentencesExamples - a vampish performance
- ‘Watch this space,’ she grins with wide, vampish lips, and disappears off to her B&B in Milnthope Road.
- There is something vampish and at the same time understated about her vocal presentation.
- She's presenting herself as vampish and vulnerable, sexually voracious and sexually unsure, all at the same time.
adverb Most of the women were vampishly pursuing her husband, but in her restrained blouse, skirt and sandals, she was somehow the sexiest actress on the stage. Example sentencesExamples - She is pictured draped over a sofa in a red dress vampishly slashed to the thigh.
- Osborne, looking vampishly sexy in a tight light-blue gown, debuted four new songs from an album-in-progress.
noun But vampishness was a notably visual attribute, and worked much better in silents than it did later in talkies. Example sentencesExamples - But women seem to think that elegance and vampishness are sexually stimulating to men.
- I am quite shy and gentle by nature and find her vampishness quite intimidating and unsettling.
adjectivevampiest, vampier informal He was notoriously unfaithful, often falling prey to the charms of vampy female villains. Example sentencesExamples - A vampy Lilith in a red dress narrates the action for the benefit of younger viewers, keeping up the energy level.
- Skinny, vampy and a little scary in a mirrored slip that resembles chain mail, she obviously favours action over dialogue; there are no dedications or scene-setting preambles.
- She pulled off a really great show but I would love to see her put on more of a show maybe by being more of a dark vampy temptress.
- With the vintage costumes, the vampy dance moves, and the occasionally campy songs, the entertainers' underlying message to their customers seems clear: We may have come-hither eyes, but this is all an act.
Origin Early 20th century: abbreviation of vampire. nounvæmpvamp 1The upper front part of a boot or shoe. Example sentencesExamples - The sandal has the extra details of a butterfly at the vamp and a more wrapped strap around the ankle.
- Further, the blue of the ribbon is echoed by the detail of blue-green vamps on the tips of his shoes.
- It was also interesting to see how she prepares her pointe shoes with long threads stitched across the top of the vamp, a labor of love in itself.
- The pump was the basic shoe, but its toes might be cut, the vamps curved or cut in enticing Vs, or the heels molded into a variety of shapes.
- As far a cross-trainers are concerned, there are four models available, all characterized by decisive and showy styling accented by a richly-detailed vamp.
2(in jazz and popular music) a short, simple introductory passage, usually repeated several times until otherwise instructed. Example sentencesExamples - After a short, nearly atonal string interlude, the rhythm section breaks in with an Arabic-sounding, odd-metered vamp.
- Her section of the tune ends quickly, leading to an instrumental vamp with layers and layers of woodwinds and some nice acoustic guitar.
- The trombone takes over the vamp.
- Instead of returning to the original melody, they play a countermelody against the vamp.
- Its relentless bass vamp is likely to plough a deep furrow through your consciousness.
verbvæmpvamp 1with object Attach a new upper to (a boot or shoe). Example sentencesExamples - Stitching together the ends of a shoe upper is ordinarily the practice as a preliminary step to vamping the shoe.
- 1.1vamp something upinformal Repair or improve something.
the production values have been vamped up Example sentencesExamples - The theme song has been vamped up.
- The Mayor said the garden, which will vamp up the area between Waterside and Edgecombe Court, is to be a memorial to the town's 19th Century industrial heritage.
- If you are a silver person, then vamp up your wardrobe with silver clothes and accessories.
- If a story can be vamped up, it will be vamped up, because that's the survival route for both individual journalists and for the media outlets as well.
- Sarah talks about vamping up your closet using what you have.
- His sister Coleen, a designer in New York, vamped up the interiors.
- Producers have vamped up the usually dull earlier rounds by giving contestants a band and audience to sing with.
- Over the past year we have really vamped up the show.
Synonyms refurbish, renovate, modernize, redecorate, revamp, make over, restore, recondition, rehabilitate, overhaul, repair, redevelop, rebuild, reconstruct, remodel
2no object Repeat a short, simple passage of music. the band was vamping gently behind his busy lead guitar Example sentencesExamples - Their performances often consisted of the group vamping on a single groove for two hours at a time.
- Like pieces from a musician, her collection of poetry vamps through various repeated patterns and themes truly fulfilling the ‘ostinato’ description in her title.
- However, rather than serving as binges between two sections with different main meters, these asymmetric constructions become the basis for extended vamping and unusual grooves.
- The song doesn't ask much of her range, allowing her to vamp as much as she wants.
- All the band does during these parts is just vamp.
Origin Middle English (denoting the foot of a stocking): shortening of Old French avantpie, from avant ‘before’ + pie ‘foot’. The musical sense of the verb developed from the general sense ‘improvise’. nounvæmpvamp informal A seductive woman who uses her sexual attractiveness to exploit men. Example sentencesExamples - She plays virgin and vamp, giving mixed messages that only reinforce our polar images of femininity.
- She hated playing vamps, and she makes the most of every chance to expand her screen persona presented in this movie.
- It's as if she can't make up her mind whether she wants to be a siren, a vamp or a frump.
- I rejoice when I see vamps lighting up on screen.
- She transformed from frump to vamp for her role as the Wife of Bath.
- The legend of Mata Hari is, for sure, the most enduring image of the female spy - the vamp who wheedles state secrets out of men by her seductive charms.
- This vamp doesn't really believe her man is coming.
- The world at the inn is one dominated by women - the nymphet, the vamp, the spinster and a handful of old crones.
- I found her transformation from school ma'am to vamp ridiculous.
- The celebrity photographer was hauled in to snap her as a 1940s vamp.
- That is why female impersonators love to impersonate vamps.
- Bollywood was a risqué world with money but little class where the vamps flashed thigh and cleavage and the heroes kept their shirts unbuttoned.
- She connects with audiences as easily in lighthearted tap numbers as she does as sizzling vamps.
Synonyms seductress, temptress, siren, femme fatale, enchantress, delilah, circe, lorelei, mata hari
verbvæmpvamp [with object]informal Blatantly set out to attract. she had not vamped him like some wicked Jezebel Example sentencesExamples - He gets vamped by every woman from his flirtatious mom to Ophelia.
- She vamps him by saying, ‘Your royal highness is so cute.’
- And go for it she does, vamping him with abandon.
- Indeed, Lila pulls out all the stops to escape punishment, from vamping her former lover, to playing upon his guilt, to attempting to kill him.
- The only problem is that he is constantly drawn to Harlem's Paddy's Bar where he is ceaselessly vamped by the fun-loving Zarita.
Synonyms seduce, tempt, lure, beguile, entice
Origin Early 20th century: abbreviation of vampire. |