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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: "heavy lace-ups with basket weave in the vamp"
verb
- 1. repair or improve something: informal "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"
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vamp noun [C] (MUSIC) music specialized. 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.
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. vamp. 4 of 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.
vamp in British English. (væmp ) informal. noun. 1. a seductive woman who exploits people by using her sexual charms. verb. 2. to exploit (someone) in the fashion of a vamp. Collins English Dictionary.
noun. something patched up to make it look new. the reworking of a theme, story, etc. an improvised accompaniment, consisting largely of chords. the front part of the upper of a shoe. verb. troften foll byup to give a vamp to; make a renovation of. to improvise (an accompaniment) to (a tune)
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.
Vamp definition: The upper part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and sometimes extending over the toe.
Definition of vamp noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe a woman as a vamp, you mean that she uses her sexual attractiveness to get what she wants.
vamp. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English vamp /væmp/ noun [ countable] old-fashioned a woman who uses her sexual attractiveness to make men do what she wants Examples from the Corpus vamp • He looks like a fashion model, a clubland vamp or the boy next door.
