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• vamp — vamp1 [vamp] n. [ME vampe < OFr avampié < avant, before + pié, pied, foot < L pes (gen. pedis), FOOT] 1. the part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and, in some styles, the toes: see OXFORD 2. [< the v.] a) something patched up or …   English World dictionary

• vamp — I. noun Etymology: Middle English vampe part of a hose leg or shoe covering the forefoot, vamp, from Anglo French, alteration of avanpié, from avant fore + pié foot, from Latin ped , pes more at vanguard, foot Date: 14th century 1. the part of a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• vamp — I [[t]væmp[/t]] n. 1) the portion of a shoe upper that covers the instep and toes 2) something pieced together 3) mad an introductory musical passage commonly consisting of a repeated succession of chords played before the start of a solo 4) to… …   From formal English to slang

• vamp — vamp1 vamper, n. vampish, adj. /vamp/, n. 1. the portion of a shoe or boot upper that covers the instep and toes. 2. something patched up or pieced together. 3. Jazz. an accompaniment, usually improvised, consisting of a succession of simple… …   Universalium

• vamp — I. /væmp / (say vamp) noun 1. the front part of the upper of a shoe or boot. 2. anything patched up or pieced together. 3. Music an accompaniment, usually improvised, consisting of a succession of simple chords. –verb (t) 4. to furnish with a… …  

• vamp — English has two distinct words vamp. The now dated slang term for a ‘seductive woman’ [20] is short for vampire. The other vamp, ‘extemporize on the piano’, was originally a noun meaning the ‘part of a stocking that covers the foot and ankle’… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• vamp — {{11}}vamp (n.) seductive woman, 1911, short for VAMPIRE (Cf. vampire). First attested use is earlier than the release of the Fox film A Fool There Was (January 1915), with sultry Theda Bara in the role of The Vampire. But the movie was based on… …   Etymology dictionary

• vamp — English has two distinct words vamp. The now dated slang term for a ‘seductive woman’ [20] is short for vampire. The other vamp, ‘extemporize on the piano’, was originally a noun meaning the ‘part of a stocking that covers the foot and ankle’… …   Word origins

• vamp — 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

• Vamp — Vamp, n. [OE. vampe, vaumpe, vauntpe, F. avantpied the forefoot, vamp; anat before, fore + pied foot, L. pes. See {Advance}, {Van} of an army, and {Foot}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English