vamp (2)EnglishOxford New American Dictionaryvamp2 /vamp, væmp / informal ▸ noun a seductive woman who uses her sexual attractiveness to exploit men: the filmmakers never allow her to become a truly saucy vamp. ▸ verb [with object] blatantly set out to attract: she had not vamped him like some wicked Jezebel. – DERIVATIVES vampy – ORIGIN early 20th century : abbreviation of vampire.