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    Vamp
    /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"
  2. The meaning of VAMP is a woman who uses her charm or wiles to seduce and exploit men. How to use vamp in a sentence.

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  4. A vamp is an attractive, dangerously flirtatious woman. A vamp in an old movie might wear tight clothes and bright red lipstick. The noun vamp is somewhat old fashioned, implying a woman who uses her charisma and beauty to charm men into doing what she wants them to do.

  5. a short piece of music that is repeated several times, often before another musician starts to play or sing: The overall structure is a series of choruses, sometimes preceded by an improvised vamp instead of a conventional prelude.

  6. 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. verb transitive. 3. to put a vamp on; provide or mend with a new vamp.

  7. Synonyms for VAMP: seducer, charmer, seductress, siren, temptress, beguiler, femme fatale, enchantress, sexpot, sex symbol.

  8. Definition of vamp verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. Vamp definition: The upper part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and sometimes extending over the toe.

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