vamp
vamp
vÃĻmp
vāmp
/vˈÃĻmp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "vamp"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž

an attractive woman who seduces men by her looks
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was a vamp who knew how to get what she wanted.
āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāϤ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϝāĻž āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻž āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϜ⧁āϤ⧋āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ, āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ

the upper front part of a boot or shoe, covering the top of the foot
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
These boots have a reinforced vamp to withstand tough outdoor conditions.
āĻāχ āĻŦ⧁āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϰāĻ™ā§āĻ—āύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ

a short, repeated musical phrase, often improvised, used as an introduction or accompaniment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The band kept a steady vamp going while the soloist prepared.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϜ⧁āϤ⧋āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜ⧁āϤ⧋āϰ āύāĻžāĻ• āϏ⧇āϞāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to repair or furnish a shoe with a new vamp (the front part of the upper)
Transitive: to vamp a shoe
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She had her shoes vamped instead of buying new ones.
āϏ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϜ⧁āϤāĻž āϕ⧇āύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϜ⧁āϤ⧋āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϞ⧁āĻŦā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§‹āĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to act seductively toward someone
Transitive: to vamp sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The actress vamped her co‑star during the scene.
āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻš-āϤāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϞ⧁āĻŦā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏ⧇āϞāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to repair or improve something old by adding a new part
Transitive: to vamp sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tailor vamped the coat by replacing the sleeves.
āĻĻāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϕ⧋āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋

to invent or fabricate something, often quickly or without preparation
Transitive: to vamp sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She vamped a story to entertain the children.
āϏ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧋āĻĻāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞāĨ¤
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