Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - vamp
Vamp
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. improvise a musical accompaniment (to). b tr. improvise (a musical accompaniment). 4 tr. put a new vamp to (a boot or shoe). Etymology: ME f. OF avantpi{eacute} f. avant before (see AVAUNT) + pied foot 2. n. & v. colloq. --n. 1 an unscrupulous flirt. 2 a woman who uses sexual attraction to exploit men. --v. 1 tr. allure or exploit (a man). 2 intr. act as a vamp. Etymology: abbr. of VAMPIRE
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I. noun see: vanguard Date: 14th century the part of a shoe upper or boot upper covering especially the forepart of the foot and sometimes also extending forward over the toe or backward to the back seam of the upper, a short introductory musical passage often repeated several times (as in vaudeville) before a solo or between verses, II. verb Date: 1599 transitive verb 1. to provide (a shoe) with a new ~, to piece (something old) with a new part ; patch , invent, fabricate , intransitive verb to play a musical ~, improvise, extemporize, ~er noun III. noun Etymology: short for ~ire Date: circa 1911 a woman who uses her charm or wiles to seduce and exploit men, ~ish adjective IV. verb Date: circa 1915 transitive verb to practice seductive wiles on, intransitive verb to act like a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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