Meaning of "vamp" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VAMP

Short for vampire.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF VAMP

vamp  [væmp]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VAMP

Vamp is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb vamp in English.

WHAT DOES VAMP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vamp

Vamp or vamps may refer to: ▪ Vamp, short for Vampire ▪ The upper part of a shoe ▪ Vamp, synonym for femme fatale ▪ A volunteer firefighter...

Definition of vamp in the English dictionary

The definition of vamp in the dictionary is a seductive woman who exploits men by use of her sexual charms. Other definition of vamp is to exploit in the fashion of a vamp.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO VAMP

PRESENT

Present

I vamp

you vamp

he/she/it vamps

we vamp

you vamp

they vamp

Present continuous

I am vamping

you are vamping

he/she/it is vamping

we are vamping

you are vamping

they are vamping

Present perfect

I have vamped

you have vamped

he/she/it has vamped

we have vamped

you have vamped

they have vamped

Present perfect continuous

I have been vamping

you have been vamping

he/she/it has been vamping

we have been vamping

you have been vamping

they have been vamping

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I vamped

you vamped

he/she/it vamped

we vamped

you vamped

they vamped

Past continuous

I was vamping

you were vamping

he/she/it was vamping

we were vamping

you were vamping

they were vamping

Past perfect

I had vamped

you had vamped

he/she/it had vamped

we had vamped

you had vamped

they had vamped

Past perfect continuous

I had been vamping

you had been vamping

he/she/it had been vamping

we had been vamping

you had been vamping

they had been vamping

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will vamp

you will vamp

he/she/it will vamp

we will vamp

you will vamp

they will vamp

Future continuous

I will be vamping

you will be vamping

he/she/it will be vamping

we will be vamping

you will be vamping

they will be vamping

Future perfect

I will have vamped

you will have vamped

he/she/it will have vamped

we will have vamped

you will have vamped

they will have vamped

Future perfect continuous

I will have been vamping

you will have been vamping

he/she/it will have been vamping

we will have been vamping

you will have been vamping

they will have been vamping

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would vamp

you would vamp

he/she/it would vamp

we would vamp

you would vamp

they would vamp

Conditional continuous

I would be vamping

you would be vamping

he/she/it would be vamping

we would be vamping

you would be vamping

they would be vamping

Conditional perfect

I would have vamp

you would have vamp

he/she/it would have vamp

we would have vamp

you would have vamp

they would have vamp

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been vamping

you would have been vamping

he/she/it would have been vamping

we would have been vamping

you would have been vamping

they would have been vamping

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you vamp
we let´s vamp
you vamp

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to vamp

Past participle

vamped

Present Participle

vamping

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «VAMP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vamp» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of vamp

beguile · chat up · femme fatale · lead on · lure · make eyes at · make up to · mantrap · Mata Hari · seduce · seductress · siren · tempt · temptress

TRANSLATION OF VAMP

Find out the translation of vamp to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of vamp from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vamp» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 鞋面
• Translator English - Spanish: vamp
• English: vamp
• Translator English - Hindi: खलनायिका
• Translator English - Arabic: الرقعه
• Translator English - Russian: вамп
• Translator English - Portuguese: vamp
• Translator English - Bengali: রক্তচোষা
• Translator English - French: vamp
• Translator English - Malay: Vamp
• Translator English - German: vamp
• Translator English - Japanese: バンプ
• Translator English - Korean: 기워
• Translator English - Javanese: Vamp
• Translator English - Vietnamese: mui giày
• Translator English - Tamil: வில்லி
• Translator English - Marathi: व्हॅंप
• Translator English - Turkish: vamp
• Translator English - Italian: rimonta
• Translator English - Polish: wampirzyca
• Translator English - Ukrainian: вамп
• Translator English - Romanian: vamp
• Translator English - Greek: vamp
• Translator English - Afrikaans: skoen
• Translator English - Swedish: vamp
• Translator English - Norwegian: vamp

4 QUOTES WITH «VAMP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vamp.

1

Jane Badler

I think my personality leaks thru in all my roles. There are probably lots of parts of my personality that I don't express for fear of looking a bit odd, but in acting, I have license to be free from what anyone thinks. I can be outrageous, a vamp, naughty, spoiled, bigger than life. All the things that are really part of me but I don't show.

2

Daniel Berrigan

Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and it's such a vamp and, I think it's a death trap.

3

Jamie Luner

I love playing the vamp, and I get sent out for a lot of that stuff, maybe because I do it well.

4

Diana Quick

That was the fun of acting, being a blank canvas you could transform into the character - Indian princess, 20s vamp, Mother Courage, Oxford don, 94-year-old wife.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VAMP»

Discover the use of vamp in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vamp and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara

Theda Bars's remarkable life as told by Eve Golden's heartfelt account is short of discovering a means of traveling through time and as close as we are ever likely to get to meeting the screen's great Vamp!

Eve Golden, 1998

Virgin Or Vamp: How the Press Covers Sex Crimes

In Virgin or Vamp Benedict examines the press's treatment of four notorious sex crimes from the past decade--the Rideout marital rape trial in Oregon, the Big Dan's pool table gang rape in Massachusetts, the "Preppy Murder" in New York City ...

Helen Benedict, 1992

Lady & The Vamp

She fights.

Michelle Rowen, 2010

Cat the Vamp

Catherine Taylor's parents tell her that they, and she, are vampires, part of a secret subculture.

Christina Martine, 2009

VAMP: a computer program for calculating volume, area, and ...

A computerized procedure developed for analyzing aerospace vehicles evaluates the properties of elemental surface areas with specified thickness by accumulating and combining them with arbitrarily specified mass elements to form a complete ...

P. J. Norton, C. R. Glatt, Aerophysics Research Corporation, 1974

A Blood Seduction: A Vamp City Novel

Neither one can let desire get in the way of their mission—his to save his people, hers to save herself. But there is no escape from desire in a city built for seduction, where passion flows hot and blood-red . . .

Pamela Palmer, 2012

Vamp: A Novel

Vamp challenges the stories told about women by mythology, literature and psychoanalysis.

Tracy Ryan, 1997

Vamp Until Ready: An Autobiography

Kate O'Mara writes here: "Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs Worthington! advised Noel Coward is his famous song. But mine did, and when I was only four years old!

Kate O'Mara, 2003

Spur: Rocky Mountain Vamp/Cathouse Kitten

Two full-length novels are collected in this specially priced volume.

Dirk Fletcher, 2013

Isabella St. Clair: Vamp of New Orleans, the Vieux Carre

Isabella St. Clair was born a Creole slave by the hands of her wicked step-sister, her Mistress, Mrs.

Denise M. Snellgrove Wilkinson, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VAMP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vamp is used in the context of the following news items.

VAMP inflatable space plane could explore Venus

The aircraft is called the Venus Atmospheric Maneuverability Platform or VAMP for short. The aircraft is an inflatable device that would be deployed from space ... «SlashGear, May 15»

Scientists Plan To Send Vamp, An Inflatable Airplane, To Venus

Northrop Grumman is working on VAMP, an inflatable spacecraft designed to cruise the atmosphere of Venus. The concept will join NASA's New Frontiers ... «Tech Times, May 15»

Venus airplane concept could be a working prototype in a few years

According to SpaceNews, Northrop Grumman is planning to enter its Venus Atmospheric Maneuverable Platform (VAMP) aircraft into NASA's New Frontiers ... «Engadget, May 15»

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Lamp And Vamp isn't quite as elegantly designed as Hoplite. Given how easily enemies can kill you if you're spotted, there's very little incentive to go near them ... «Touch Arcade, Feb 15»

Adam Shankman & Amy Harris Sell Ballet Drama To ABC

Written/executive produced by The Carrie Diaries developer/executive producer Amy B. Harris, Vamp centers on a ballerina who comes to New York with her ... «Deadline.com, Nov 14»

Make any old speaker a portable wireless sound system with The …

Carved into the form of a futuristic block, the Vamp includes a Bluetooth chip, amplifier, and rechargeable battery with a claimed 10 hours of juice — pretty much ... «Digital Trends, Oct 14»

Jim Jones Is Making a Soda Called Vamp

Jim Jones of Dipset/"We Fly High"/Chrissy & Mr. Jones on VH1 fame, has announced the creation of Vamp, a new, Faygo-looking berry-flavored soda that will hit ... «Noisey, Oct 14»

16-Year-Old Human Barbie Lolita Richi Boasts 'I'm The Ultimate …

Meet the latest chick fueling the bizarre Ukrainian Human Barbie craze—Lolita Richi, a 16-year-old from Kiev, who boasts she's “the ultimate vamp woman.”. «Popdust, Aug 14»

Sexy New Fashion Magazine Vamp Is Dedicated to Strong Women

The latest glossy to hit the fashion space is called Vamp, which officially hits shelves on Mar. 17. Created by David Vivirido and Francesco Sourigues -- the duo ... «Fashionista, Mar 14»

'Vamp in the veil' may be booted out of Britain

The so-called 'Vamp in a veil', accused of scamming a pair of property developers out of luxury flats worth £14million, could now face deportation for giving ... «Daily Mail, Mar 14»