1. to repair or patch up something, especially a shoe
2. to improvise an accompaniment, especially in music
Usage: music
3. to put together hastily or carelessly
Usage: informal

Examples

• The cobbler vamped the old boots with new leather.
• She vamped a piano accompaniment while he sang.
• The student vamped his essay the night before it was due.
• He vamped the broken fence with spare wood.
• The jazz musician vamped behind the soloist.
• They vamped a quick solution to the problem.