vamp

n.

1. The upper part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and sometimes extending over the toe.
2. 1. Something patched up or refurbished.
   2. Something rehashed, as a book based on old material.
3. Music. An improvised accompaniment.

v., vamped, vamp·ing, vamps.

v.tr.

1. To provide (a shoe) with a new vamp.
2. To patch up (something old); refurbish.
3. To put together; fabricate or improvise: With no hard news available about the summit meeting, the reporters vamped up questions based only on rumor.
4. Music. To improvise (an accompaniment, for example) for a solo.

v.intr. Music.

To improvise simple accompaniment or variation of a tune.

[Middle English vampe, sock, from Old French avanpie : avaunt, before; see vanguard + pie, foot (from Latin pēs).]

vamper vamp'er n.
vamp² (vămp) Informal.
n.

A woman who uses her sex appeal to entrap and exploit men.

v., vamped, vamp·ing, vamps.

v.tr.

To seduce or exploit (someone) in the manner of a vamp.

v.intr.

To play the part of a vamp.

[Short for VAMPIRE.]

vampish vamp'ish adj.
vampishly vamp'ish·ly adv.
vampy vamp'y adj.

noun

1. A usually unscrupulous woman who seduces or exploits men: enchantress, femme fatale, seductress, siren, temptress. Informal witch. See sex/asexual.
2. A woman who is given to flirting: coquette, flirt. See sex/asexual.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
  Synonyms: coquette, flirt, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser

Meaning #2: an improvised musical accompaniment

Meaning #3: piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe

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The verb vamp has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: make up
  Synonym: vamp up

Meaning #2: piece (something old) with a new part
  Synonym: vamp up

Meaning #3: act seductively with (someone)

Meaning #4: provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
  Synonym: revamp

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - overlæder, lap, improviseret akkompagnement
v. intr. - improvisere et akkompagnement, lave "skomagerbas"
v. tr. - reparere fodtøj

2.
n. - vamp, kvinde, der udnytter sine seksuelle udstråling til udnyttelse af mænd
v. tr. - optræde som vamp
v. intr. - optræde som vamp

Nederlands (Dutch)
bovenleer (schoen), stukje herhaalde/ geïmproviseerde begeleidingsmuziek, uitbuitende verleidster, lapwerk, verleiden, van nieuw bovenleer voorzien, oplappen, verzinnen, begeleidingsmuziek spelen/ improviseren

Français (French)
1.
n. - empeigne, (Naut) proue, (Mus) improvisation
v. intr. - (Mus) plaquer des accords
v. tr. - attacher/placer une nouvelle empeigne, (Naut) fixer une nouvelle proue

2.
n. - vamp (péj)
v. tr. - vamper
v. intr. - jouer la femme fatale

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Oberleder, (mus.) improvisierte Begleitung
v. - ausbeuten, (mus.) improvisieren

2.
n. - Vamp
v. - (Männer) verführen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βαμπ, μοιραία γυναίκα, (ενδυμ.) ψίδι
v. - τοποθετώ ψίδια, ψιδιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
vamp, fatalona, ammaliare, adescare, sedurre, fare la vamp, mettere una tomaia, rappezzare, rattoppare, raffazzonare, (mus.) improvvisare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gáspea (f), mulher fatal (vampe), pala (de sapato ou botina) (f)
v. - gaspear, seduzir, colocar pala em (sapato ou botina)

Русский (Russian)
передок ботинка, халтура, ремонтировать что-л., роковая женщина, соблазнительная женщина

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - parte superior frontal de una bota o zapato, pasaje introductorio y simple de una tonada de jazz
v. intr. - repetir un pasaje introductorio de música
v. tr. - colocar una nueva suela a un zapato o bota

2.
n. - vampiresa, mujer fatal
v. tr. - engatusar, provocar, atraer
v. intr. - actuar como vampiresa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vamp, ovanläder
v. - lappa, improvisera, vampa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 鞋面, 修补, 捏造, 拼凑, 即席伴奏, 勾引

2. 荡妇, 勾引

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 鞋面
v. tr. - 修補, 捏造, 拼湊
v. intr. - 即席伴奏, 勾引

2.
n. - 蕩婦
v. tr. - 勾引
v. intr. - 勾引

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 앞쪽 등가죽, 기워 대는 세공, (재즈) 즉석 반주
v. intr. - 즉석 반주를 하다
v. tr. - 윗 가죽을 대다, ~을 수선하다, 즉석에서 연주하다

2.
n. - 요부, 바람난 계집, 탕녀
v. tr. - 유혹하다, 사내를 호리다, (사내를) 이용하다
v. intr. - 요부같이 행동하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 爪革, 継ぎ, 妖婦, 浮気女
v. - 新しい爪革を付ける, 繕う, 誘惑する, 即興伴奏をする, 男をたらしこむ, 妖婦役を演ずる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وجه الحذاء, عزف موسيقي مرتجل لمصاحبه, لعوب, رقعه (فعل) رقع, رمم, اصلح اصلاحا مؤقتا, ارتجل عزفا موسيقيا لمصاحبه, اغرته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חרטום-נעל, חרטום-מגף, פריט מטולא, נגינה מאולתרת, קטע-פתיחה פשוט וקצר החוזר על עצמו (ג'ז)‬
v. intr. - ‮אילתר (לחן), חזר על קטע מוסיקה פשוט וקצר‬
v. tr. - ‮הטליא, ציחצח, התקין חרטום-נעל או חרטום-מגף‬
n. - ‮אישה המשתמשת בכוח-המשיכה שלה לניצול גברים‬
v. tr. - ‮ניצלה בגסות (גבר)‬
v. intr. - ‮יצרה אשליות כדי לנצל‬

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