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Entry 8 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Vamp

/(vămp)/ · IPA /væmp/
01 v. i. To advance; to travel.
  1. 1.
    To advance; to travel.[Obs.]
02 n. The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.
  1. 1.
    The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.
  2. 2.
    Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t. See: Vamp
  3. 3.
    A usually improvized Jazz accompaniment, consisting of simple chords in sucession.(Music)
03 n. A woman who seduces men with her charm and wiles, in order to exploit them.
  1. 1.
    A woman who seduces men with her charm and wiles, in order to exploit them.
04 v. t. To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followe…
imp. & p. p. Vamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Vamping
  1. 1.
    To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up.
    “I had never much hopes of your vamped play.” — Swift.
  2. 2.
    To create with little skill; to concoct; to invent; -- usually with up; as, he vamped up an implausible excuse.
05 v. t. & i. To seduce (a man) sexually for purpose of exploitation.
  1. 1.
    To seduce (a man) sexually for purpose of exploitation.