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vamp
Found in thesaurus: support, musical accompaniment, cook up, make up, butterfly, romance, dally, mend, touch on, repair
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vamp
v.
improvise in playing music; make a vamp for a shoe; use sex appeal to manipulate and exploit
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
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VaMP
The VaMP driverless car was one of the first truly autonomous cars along with its twin vehicle, the VITA-2. They were able to drive in heavy traffic for long distances without human intervention, using computer vision to recognize rapidly moving obstacles such as other cars, and automatically avoid and pass them.
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Vamp
Vamp or vamps may refer to:
- Vamp, short for Vampire
- The upper part of a shoe
- Vamp, synonym for femme fatale
- A volunteer firefighter
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vamp
Noun
1. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
(synonym) coquette, flirt, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser
(hypernym) woman, adult female
2. an improvised musical accompaniment
(hypernym) accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support
3. piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe
(hypernym) piece of leather
(part-holonym) upper
(derivation) revamp
Verb
1. make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting"
(synonym) vamp up
(hypernym) fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
2. piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old speech"
(synonym) vamp up
(hypernym) patch, piece
3. act seductively with (someone)
(hypernym) chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
(derivation) coquette, flirt, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser
4. provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots"
(synonym) revamp
(hypernym) repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
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vamp
nf.
vamp, seductive woman who uses her sex appeal in a manipulative way
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vamp (m/f)
n.
vamp, femme fatale, "fatal woman", female seductress
