Category:Vamp

Vamp v. i.

Defn: to advance; to travel. [obs.]

Vamp Vamp, n. Etym: [oe. vampe, vaumpe, vauntpe, f. avantpied the Forefoot, vamp; anat before, fore + pied foot, l. pes. See advance, Van of an army, and foot.]

1. The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front Of the ankle seam; an upper.

2. Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t.

Vamp Vamp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Vamping.]

Defn: to provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, As any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often Followed by up. I had never much hopes of your vamped play. Swift.