Vamp Definition
vămp
vamped, vamping, vamps
noun
vamps
The part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and, in some styles, the toes.
Webster's New World
Something patched up or fixed up to seem new; patchwork.
Webster's New World
Something patched on.
Webster's New World
Something rehashed, as a book based on old material.
American Heritage
A simple, improvised introduction or interlude, esp. a series of chords, as before a jazz solo or between songs played by a dance band.
Webster's New World
verb
vamped, vamping, vamps
To put a vamp on; provide or mend with a new vamp.
Webster's New World
To patch (up); repair.
Webster's New World
To play a vamp.
Webster's New World
To invent; fabricate.
Webster's New World
To improvise (a melody) over a vamp.
American Heritage
Origin of Vamp
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Middle English vampe sock from Old French avanpie avaunt before vanguard pie foot (from Latin pēs ped- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Short for vampire. From a character type developed first for silent film, notably for Theda Bara's role in the 1915 film A Fool There Was.
From Wiktionary
Short for vampire
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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