vamps
Meaning of vamps
plural noun
- (in jazz and popular music) a short, simple introductory passage, usually repeated several times until otherwise instructed.
the title track has an overlong vamp
- the upper front part of a boot or shoe.
heavy lace-ups with basket weave in the vamp
- repair or improve something.
the production values have been vamped up
- repeat a short, simple passage of music.
the band was vamping gently behind his busy lead guitar
- attach a new upper to (a boot or shoe).
Middle English (denoting the foot of a stocking): shortening of Old French avantpie, from avant ‘before’ + pie ‘foot’. The musical sense of the verb developed from the general sense ‘improvise’.
plural noun- a seductive woman who uses her sexual attractiveness to exploit men.
the film-makers never allow her to become a truly saucy vamp
- blatantly set out to attract.
she had not vamped him like some wicked Jezebel
early 20th century: abbreviation of vampire.
Information about vamps
- The singular form of vamps is: vamp.
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Hyphenation of vamps
vamps
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- vamps is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
vamps synonyms
Meaning renovate and redecorate (something, especially a building):
Meaning restore (something old, especially a building) to a good state of repair:
Meaning adapt (something) to modern needs or habits, typically by installing modern equipment or adopting modern ideas or methods:
Meaning apply paint or wallpaper in (a room or building) again, typically differently:
Meaning give new and improved form, structure, or appearance to:
Meaning bring back or re-establish (a previous right, practice, or situation):
Meaning condition again:
Meaning restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness:
Meaning take apart (a piece of machinery or equipment) in order to examine it and repair it if necessary:
Meaning restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition:
Meaning develop (something) again or differently:
Meaning build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed:
Meaning build or form (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed:
Meaning change the structure or form of (something, especially a building):
Meaning make (something) more modern or up to date:
Meaning make or become better:
Meaning raise (something) to a higher standard, in particular improve (equipment or machinery) by adding or replacing components:
Meaning replace or repair machinery, equipment, and fittings in (a ship, building, etc.):
Meaning furnish (a room or building) again or differently:
Meaning rehabilitate or restore:
Meaning a woman who seduces someone, especially one who entices a man into sexual activity:
Meaning a woman who tempts someone to do something, typically a sexually attractive woman who sets out to allure or seduce someone:
Meaning a woman who is considered to be alluring or fascinating but also dangerous in some way:
Meaning a woman who uses magic to put someone or something under a spell:
Meaning a person who habitually flirts:
Meaning a flirtatious woman:
Meaning a person who makes fun of someone playfully or unkindly:
Meaning a trap for catching people, especially trespassers or poachers:
Words that rhyme with vamps
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