vamp (2)EnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishvamp2 /vamp / informal ▸ noun a seductive woman who uses her sexual attractiveness to exploit men: the film-makers 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 adjective ( vampier, vampiest)– ORIGIN early 20th century: abbreviation of vampire.
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