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 verb 1 : to play a musical vamp
2 : improvise, extemporize

— vamp·er noun