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Definition of vamp verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

vamp

verb

NAmE//væmp//

[intransitive, transitive] vamp (somebody)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they vamp he / she / it vamps past simple vamped -ing form vamping

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to act like a vamp; to try to attract and control men She vamps in her role as a Broadway star. vamping him with her dark eyes She likes to vamp it up for the camera.

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