: a woman who uses her charm or wiles to seduce and exploit men
vamped; vamping; vamps
: to practice seductive wiles on
: to act like a vamp
vamping for the camera
1
: the part of a shoe upper or boot upper covering especially the forepart of the foot and sometimes also extending forward over the toe or backward to the back seam of the upper
2
[derivative of vamp entry 4]
: a short introductory musical passage often repeated several times (as in vaudeville) before a solo or between verses
vamped; vamping; vamps
1
a
: to provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
b
: to piece (something old) with a new part : patch
vamp up old sermons
vamper
noun
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Verb (2)
political spin doctors who can vamp up a justification for just about anything
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Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Gaga, however, Gaga-fies it, joyfully vamping all over the melody as if she’s morphed into a saxophone.
—Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
Through John, Sarah meets vamp queen Miriam (Deneuve) and a dangerous flirtation begins.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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Verb
As on much of the album, Bennett plays the straight man as Gaga cheekily vamps around him.
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—Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Gaga, however, Gaga-fies it, joyfully vamping all over the melody as if she’s morphed into a saxophone.
—Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
Or will Peter Parker team up with a certain daywalker and start slaying vamps?
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
Through John, Sarah meets vamp queen Miriam (Deneuve) and a dangerous flirtation begins.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Vamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vamp. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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