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vamp
  1. The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking. [ca. 1225]
  2. Something added to give an old thing a new appearance; a patch.
  3. Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.
  4. (music) A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, e.g., to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist. [ca. 1789]
  5. An activity or speech intended to fill time or stall.
  6. A volunteer fire fighter.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “A vamp in a figure-hugging black dress.”
vampire
  1. A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living. [from earlier 18th c.]
  2. (colloquial) A person with the medical condition Systemic lupus erythematosus, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.
  3. A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) [from later 18th c.]
  4. (derogatory) A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “I prayed her response would be that she was a mutated vampire, and not a flesh-eating mutant who was also a blood-sucking vampire.”
      “You'll be permanently indebted to the bank, a finance company, or another financial vampire who will suck you dry of your money.”
      “Life for an emotional vampire can be overwhelming, so they refuse to be accountable for what they do and they draw on other people's resources to supplement their inadequacies.”
vampirism
  1. (pathology) Systemic lupus erythematosus (autoimmune disease)
  2. (mythology) the state of being a vampire
  3. practices associated with vampires, in particular blood-drinking and the draining of a victim's life-force.
  4. (figuratively) extortion
  5. Examples:
    1. “When the town fell to the epidemic of vampirism that swept the world, it must have fallen quickly.”
      “Few great vampire films are really about vampirism when all is said and done.”
      “With the help of her creepy assistant, she destroys the body, intending to escape her own curse of vampirism.”
vampette
vamping
  1. The behaviour of one who vamps.
  2. camping by vampires
vampirist
  1. A person with a mental disorder causing a craving for blood and behavior similar to that expected of a vampire.
vamper
  1. One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler.
vampirology
  1. The study of vampires or the vampire mythos.
vampireyness
  1. (informal) The state or quality of being vampirey.
vampirization
  1. The act of making another into a vampire.
vampirisation
  1. The act of making another into a vampire.
vampirologist
  1. One who studies vampirology.
vampirette
vampiredom
  1. The realm or status of vampires.
vampyre
  1. Archaic form of vampire.
vampirekind
  1. Vampires collectively.
vampiress
  1. A female vampire.
vamp
vampirologists
  1. plural of vampirologist
vampirizations
  1. plural of vampirization
vampirettes
vampirists
  1. plural of vampirist
vampirisms
  1. plural of vampirism
vampiresses
  1. plural of vampiress
vampettes
vampyres
  1. plural of vampyre
vampings
  1. plural of vamping
vampires
  1. plural of vampire
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Most cultures had legends of vampires or shape-shifters who preyed on the living.”
      “I been working for Rorake for some time but because some of our men found a nest of vampires I had to go.”
      “We've killed eight vampires, six werewolves, and had to outrun a pack of ghouls.”
vampers
  1. plural of vamper
vamps
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