vamp

Etymology 1
From, , , or from , , from , , variants of , from +.

Noun senses 2 and 3 (“a patch; something patched up or improvised”) appear to have been extended from sense 1 (“top part of a boot or shoe”). Sense 4 (“repeated and often improvised musical accompaniment”) was probably derived from sense 3, and sense 5 (“activity to fill or stall for time”) from sense 4.

The verb senses were derived from the noun. Compare also 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.
 * 3) Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.
 * 4)  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.
 * 5)  An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
 * 1) Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
 * 1)  An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
 * 1)  An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
 * 1)  An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Finnish: etupäällinen
 * French:
 * Irish: buimpéis
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: frontstykke
 * Polish: przyszwa
 * Spanish:, pala vega,

Verb

 * 1)   To patch, repair, or refurbish.
 * 2)  Often as : to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.
 * 3)  To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.
 * 4)  To perform a.
 * 5)  To attach a vamp (to footwear).
 * 6)  To travel by foot; to walk.
 * 7)  To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
 * 8)  To pawn.
 * 1)  To perform a.
 * 2)  To attach a vamp (to footwear).
 * 3)  To travel by foot; to walk.
 * 4)  To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
 * 5)  To pawn.
 * 1)  To attach a vamp (to footwear).
 * 2)  To travel by foot; to walk.
 * 3)  To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
 * 4)  To pawn.
 * 1)  To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
 * 2)  To pawn.
 * 1)  To pawn.
 * 1)  To pawn.
 * 1)  To pawn.

Etymology 2
. From a character type developed first for silent film, notably for 's role in the 1915 film .

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her; femme fatale.
 * 2)  A vampire.
 * 1)  A vampire.
 * 1)  A vampire.
 * 1)  A vampire.
 * 1)  A vampire.
 * 1)  A vampire.
 * 1)  A vampire.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: жена-вамп
 * French:
 * Georgian: მაცდური ქალი
 * German:
 * Interlingua: vamp
 * Japanese: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Swedish:, förförerska, , tjuserska,

Verb

 * 1)  To seduce or exploit someone.
 * 2)  To turn (someone) into a vampire.
 * 1)  To turn (someone) into a vampire.
 * 1)  To turn (someone) into a vampire.
 * 1)  To turn (someone) into a vampire.
 * 1)  To turn (someone) into a vampire.

Etymology 3

 * possibly related to vamp (etymology 1, above): see the 2008 quotation.

Noun

 * 1)  A volunteer firefighter.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) ; femme fatale

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  (flirtatious woman)