Main Entry:

²vamp

Pronunciation:

\ˈvamp\

Function:

verb

Date:

1599

transitive verb

1 a: to provide (a shoe) with a new vamp b: to piece (something old) with a new part : patch <vamp up old sermons>2: invent, fabricate <vamp up an excuse>intransitive verb1: to play a musical vamp2: improvise, extemporize

— vamp·er noun