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vamps

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plural of vamp

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1 as in charmers, seducers

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for vamps

beguilers,
charmers,
seducers

enchantresses,
femmes fatales,
seductresses,
sirens,
temptresses

sexpots,
sex symbols

2 as in coquettes, flirts

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for vamps

coquettes,
jades,
soubrettes

flirters,
flirts,
wantons

coquets

vamps

verb

present tense third-person singular of vamp

Synonyms of vamps (Entry 2 of 2)

as in puts on, plays (with)

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for vamps

joshes,
kids,
puts on,
razzes,
ribs,
teases

coquets
(or coquettes),
dallies,
flirts,
frivols,
messes around,
toys,
trifles

fools,
leads on,
strings along

courts,
mashes,
woos

manipulates,
plays (with)

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