n.
Pronunciation: ' vamp
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1599
1 a : to provide (a shoe) with a new vamp b : to piece (something old) with a new part : PATCH < vamp up old sermons>
2 : INVENT , FABRICATE < vamp up an excuse>
intransitive verb
1 : to play a musical vamp
2 : IMPROVISE , EXTEMPORIZE
– vamp · er noun