1. the front upper part of a shoe or boot
2. a seductive woman who uses her charm to exploit men
Usage: dated

1. to repair or patch up something
2. to improvise an accompaniment to a song
Usage: music

Examples

• The leather vamp of his dress shoe was scuffed and needed polishing.
• She decided to vamp the old jacket with some colorful patches.
• The pianist vamped while the singer prepared for the next verse.
• He vamped a simple chord progression during the jam session.
• The cobbler replaced the worn vamp on my favorite boots.
• Can you vamp something together for dinner with what’s in the fridge?
• The jazz musician vamped effortlessly behind the soloist.