noun Download 🔗Share The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking. Examples : "The shoemaker carefully stitched the vamps to the soles of the new leather boots. " wear material part style appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something added to give an old thing a new appearance. Examples : "She added colorful scarves and some sparkly buttons as vamps to her old denim jacket to make it look trendy again. " appearance style Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished. Examples : "The old quilt was a collection of vamps, using scraps of fabric from old clothes to make something new and warm. " style appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist. Examples : "The band played simple, repetitive vamps under the speaker's introduction to give him time to reach the microphone. " music entertainment technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time. Examples : "The speaker, realizing she was running short on facts for her presentation, resorted to a few storytelling vamps to fill the remaining minutes. " communication entertainment language time Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To patch, repair, or refurbish. Examples : "My grandmother vamps old furniture by adding new fabric and paint, making it look beautiful again. " work industry building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing. Examples : "The students had to vamp up their old costumes with glitter and cardboard for the school play. " technology computing technical action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise. Examples : "The speaker's notes were lost, so she had to vamp the ending of her presentation. " action language style Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (shoemaking) To attach a vamp (to footwear). Examples : "The cobbler vamps the leather upper to the sole, carefully securing it with stitches. " wear industry technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To travel by foot; to walk. Examples : ""The tired students often vamps between classes to get to their next lesson on time." " action way Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To delay or stall for time, as for an audience. Examples : "Keep vamping! Something’s wrong with the mic!" entertainment stage music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her. Examples : "Some gossip magazines portray celebrities as vamps who use their attractiveness to gain fame and fortune. " person character human sex entertainment attitude society style Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A vampire. Examples : "The movie featured a group of ancient vamps preying on unsuspecting tourists. " mythology supernatural character story literature inhuman being Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To seduce or exploit someone. Examples : "The popular student tried to vamp the new girl into joining her clique. " character human sex action moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A volunteer firefighter. Examples : "The local vamps responded quickly to the fire at the old schoolhouse. " job person service aid organization Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading