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- DictionaryVamp/vamp/
noun
- 1. (in jazz and popular music) a short, simple introductory passage, usually repeated several times until otherwise instructed: "the title track has an overlong vamp"
- 2. the upper front part of a boot or shoe.
verb
- 1. attach a new upper to (a boot or shoe).
- 2. repeat a short, simple passage of music: "the band was vamping gently behind his busy lead guitar"
to furnish with a vamp, especially to repair (a shoe or boot) with a new vamp. to patch up; repair. to give (something) a new appearance by adding a patch or piece. to concoct or invent (often followed by up ): He vamped up a few ugly rumors to discredit his enemies. Jazz. to improvise (an accompaniment or the like).
4 days ago · 1. the part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and, in some styles, the toes. 2. a. something patched up or fixed up to seem new; patchwork. b. something patched on. c. Music. a simple, improvised introduction or interlude, esp. a series of chords, as before a jazz solo or between songs played by a dance band.
6 days ago · vamp (third-person singular simple present vamps, present participle vamping, simple past and past participle vamped) ( transitive) To patch, repair, or refurbish . ( transitive) Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.
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.
• Women play vamps and damsels in distress. • The vamp had the gall to probe her. • The vacillating vamp, as I so aptly said: do I phone her? Origin vamp (1900-2000) vampire. vamp meaning, definition, what is vamp: a woman who uses her sexual attractivene...: Learn more.
verb. /væmp/. [intransitive, transitive] vamp (somebody) Verb Forms. to act like a vamp; to try to attract and control men She vamps in her role as a Broadway star. vamping him with her dark eyes She likes to vamp it up for the camera.
vămp. vamped, vamping, vamps. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. vamps. The part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and, in some styles, the toes. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Something patched up or fixed up to seem new; patchwork. Webster's New World.
