Vamp
Vamp (vamp) , intransitive verb
To advance; to travel. [Obsolete]
Vamp , noun
[Old English vampe, vaumpe, vauntpe, French avantpied the forefoot, vamp; avant before, fore + pied foot, Latin pes. See Advance, Van of an army, and Foot.]
1.
The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.
2.
Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, transitive verb
3.
(Music) A usually improvized Jazz accompaniment, consisting of simple chords in sucession.
vamp , noun
A woman who seduces men with her charm and wiles, in order to exploit them.
Vamp (?; 215) , transitive verb
1.
To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up.
I had never much hopes of your vamped play.
2.
To create with little skill; to concoct; to invent; -- usually with up; as, he vamped up an implausible excuse.
vamp , verb, transitive and intransitive
To seduce (a man) sexually for purpose of exploitation.