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ONADvamp (2)

vamp (2)

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vamp2 /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.