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    vamp
    [vamp]
    noun
    vamp (noun) · vamps (plural 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
    vamp (verb) · vamps (third person present) · vamped (past tense) · vamped (past participle) · vamping (present participle)
    1. attach a new upper to (a boot or shoe).
      • informal
        (vamp something up)
        repair or improve something:
        "the production values have been vamped up"
    2. repeat a short, simple passage of music:
      "the band was vamping gently behind his busy lead guitar"
    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’.
    vamp
    [vamp]
    noun
    vamp (noun) · vamps (plural noun)
    1. a seductive woman who uses her sexual attractiveness to exploit men:
      "the filmmakers never allow her to become a truly saucy vamp"
    verb
    vamp (verb) · vamps (third person present) · vamped (past tense) · vamped (past participle) · vamping (present participle)
    1. blatantly set out to attract:
      "she had not vamped him like some wicked Jezebel"
    Origin
    early 20th century: abbreviation of vampire.
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    verb
    1. blatantly set out to attract:
     
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  1. vamp 1 of 4 noun (1) ˈvamp Synonyms of vamp : a woman who uses her charm or wiles to seduce and exploit men
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    vamp noun [ C ] uk / væmp / us / væmp / vamp noun [C] (WOMAN) Add to word list old-fashioned a woman who is confident that she is sexually attractive and makes use of this fact in order to get what she wants:
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