- vamp⇄expr. vamp up,
a. to make (something old) appear new.
Ex. The women of the town [were] vamped up for show with paint, patches, plumpers, and every external ornament that art can administer (Samuel Johnson).
b. to make up to deceive. - vamp⇄noun an unscrupulous flirt; adventuress.
- vamp⇄noun vamper.
- vamp⇄noun 1. the upper front part of a shoe or boot.
2. a piece or patch added to an old thing to make it look new.
3. anything that is patched up or restored by a vamp; patchwork.
4. (Music.) a simple accompaniment, usually an improvised - vamp⇄v.i. (Music.) to improvise an accompaniment.
Ex. I got a banjo, you know, and I vamp a bit (H. G. Wells). - vamp⇄v.i. to flirt with a man in order to extort from him.
- vamp⇄v.t. to flirt with (a man) for the purpose of extortion.
- vamp⇄v.t. 1. to furnish (footwear) with a vamp; repair (a shoe or boot) with a new vamp.
2. to make (an old thing) look new; patch up.
3. (Figurative.) to put together (a book or composition) out of old materials; compile; compose.
4. to - vamp⇄vamp (1), noun, verb.
- vamp⇄vamp (2), noun, verb.
(Slang.)