vamp

1. 1.

   a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

   Synonymscoquetteflirtvamperminxteaseprickteaser

   Broaderwoman
2. 2.

   an improvised musical accompaniment

   Broaderaccompaniment
3. 3.

   piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe

   Broaderpiece of leather

   Part ofupper

Other forms of vamp

plural

vamps·

past tense

vamped·

present participle

vamping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about vamp

What does vamp mean?

vamp means "make up". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vamp?

vamp has 1 syllable: vamp. In IPA it is /ˈvæmp/.

What is another word for vamp?

Close synonyms include vamp up, vamp up, revamp, coquette, flirt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vamp a common word?

vamp is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with vamp?

1 word rhymes with vamp. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.