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Definition of vampsnext
plural of vamp

vamps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of vamp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vamps
Noun
  • Why so many charmers, devious or otherwise?
    Anna Russell, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The filmmaker’s passion for foolhardy underdogs and train-wreck charmers electrifies this tale of a postwar striver (an unbelievable Timothée Chalamet) trying to make his name in table tennis.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The hole’s narrow fairway flirts with disaster on both sides – water and super high rough.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
  • One flirts and drinks and dallies and dances; the other is part child, part monk, his mantel packed with icons and crucifixes, his inner landscape a kind of mental Sagrada Família — a weird and extraordinary edifice constructed around the rigors and promises of Christianity.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Comeback kids these 2026 Boston Red Sox are not.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026
  • Young Michael may have seemed strange, or just plain different, to kids his own age, but what about the adult Michael, whose professional life took him outside the family orbit and into offices, studios, and night clubs?
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Kuwaiti’s military said forces were intercepting missiles and drones attacking the country, while Bahrain activated air raid sirens and told residents to move to the nearest safe location and follow official instructions.
    Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • Piercing, unpredictable, wailing, the sirens could make anyone feel a little out of their mind.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • Season one teases the turmoil ahead, after Dean finds out that Allie has slept with his very own (heated) rival, Hunter (Charlie Evans).
    Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
  • The preview also teases the roles of the supporting cast.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • Once again, a defense lawyer attempted to paint the women as lying, scheming seductresses.
    S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
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“Vamps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vamps. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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