vamp+up

  • 51vamp — 1. n. & v. n. 1 the upper front part of a boot or shoe. 2 a patched up article. 3 an improvised musical accompaniment. v. 1 tr. (often foll. by up) repair or furbish. 2 tr. (foll. by up) make by patching or from odds and ends. 3 a tr. & intr.… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 52vamp — Synonyms and related words: Aspasia, Circe, Delilah, Don Juan, Jezebel, Lorelei, Messalina, Parthenope, Phryne, Siren, Thais, Vorspiel, ad lib, adventuress, allure, attract, becharm, beguile, bewitch, brighten up, brush up, cadenza, captivate,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 53Vamp — (derogatory) 1. woman who uses her charms to seduce and exploit men; 2. act as a vamp (short for vampire ) …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 54vamp — Australian Slang (derogatory) 1. woman who uses her charms to seduce and exploit men; 2. act as a vamp (short for vampire ) …

    English dialects glossary

  • 55vamp — {{hw}}{{vamp}}{{/hw}}Donna, spec. attrice, dal fascino sensuale e aggressivo. ETIMOLOGIA: dall ingl. vamp, abbrev. di vampire ‘vampiro’ (V.) …

    Enciclopedia di italiano

  • 56vamp — is., Fr. vamp Erkek peşinde koşan kadın, serüvene düşkün kadın …

    Çağatay Osmanlı Sözlük

  • 57vamp — [[t]væ̱mp[/t]] vamps N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe a woman as a vamp, you mean that she uses her sexual attractiveness to get what she wants from men …

    English dictionary

  • 58vamp — væmp n. part of boot or shoe which covers the instep; musical improvisation; reworking of an already existing piece (i.e. book or article); seductive woman who uses her sex appeal in a manipulative way (especially to exploit men) ; vampire v.… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 59vamp — vamp1 noun 1》 the upper front part of a boot or shoe. 2》 (in jazz and popular music) a short, simple introductory passage, usually repeated several times until otherwise instructed. verb 1》 (vamp something up) informal repair or improve something …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 60vamp — I. n. Upper leather (of a shoe). II. v. a. Repair, mend, piece, patch, tinker, refit, retouch, vamp up, patch up …

    New dictionary of synonyms