Vamp

Vamp

Vamp may refer to:

* VaMP, the first autonomous car that drove long distances in traffic
* Vamp (band), a Norwegian folk music band
* Vamp (character), in the "Metal Gear" series of games.
* Vamp (Gobots), in Gobots toyline and cartoon.
* Vamp (comics), a Marvel Comics character
* "Vamp" (film) (1986), a movie starring Grace Jones
* Vamp (music), a repeating musical figure or accompaniment
* "Vamp" (telenovela), a Brazilian mystic dramedy.
* VAMP (VMS, Apache, MySQL, PHP), a variation of LAMP (software bundle)
* VAMP Research Databank, former name of the General Practice Research Database
* "Vamp!", a light novel series by Ryohgo Narita
* Vesicle-associated membrane protein, a family of proteins
* Vamp, volunteer firefighter

Vamp may also refer to:
* a type of femme fatale
* the upper part of a shoe
* Revamp, informal term for maintenance, repair and operations
* Revamp, informal term for editing of natural-language text

See also

* Vampire (disambiguation)


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  • vamp — vamp …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • vamp — [ vɑ̃p ] n. f. • 1921; mot angl. amér. (1918); abrév. de vampire ♦ Type de femme fatale et irrésistible (à l origine, type du cinéma). Des vamps. Un sourire de vamp. « Elle avait l air bonne fille aujourd hui et pas vamp du tout » (Queneau). ●… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • vamp — Bendroji  informacija Kirčiuota forma: vámp Rūšis: naujai skolintos šaknies žodis Kilmė: anglų, vamp. Pateikta: 2012 09 15. Atnaujinta: 2013 10 05. Reikšmė ir vartosena Apibrėžtis: vampyriško stiliaus (mada; moteris: gundanti, fatališka, panašios …   Lietuvių kalbos naujažodžių duomenynas

  • Vamp — Sm kühle, verführerische Frau erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. vamp, dieses eine Kurzform von ne. vampire Vampir . Die Bezeichnung entsteht im amerikanischen Stummfilm zu Beginn des 20. Jhs.; Ausgangspunkt ist… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • vamp — vamp1 [vamp] n. [ME vampe < OFr avampié < avant, before + pié, pied, foot < L pes (gen. pedis), FOOT] 1. the part of a boot or shoe covering the instep and, in some styles, the toes: see OXFORD 2. [< the v.] a) something patched up or …   English World dictionary

  • Vamp — Vamp, n. [OE. vampe, vaumpe, vauntpe, F. avantpied the forefoot, vamp; anat before, fore + pied foot, L. pes. See {Advance}, {Van} of an army, and {Foot}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vamp — Ⅰ. vamp [1] ► NOUN 1) the upper front part of a boot or shoe. 2) (in jazz and popular music) a short, simple introductory passage, usually repeated several times until otherwise instructed. ► VERB 1) (vamp up) informal repair or improve. 2) …   English terms dictionary

  • vamp|y — «VAM pee», adjective, vamp|i|er, vamp|i|est. = vampish. (Cf. ↑vampish) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Vamp — Vamp, v. i. To advance; to travel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vamp — Vamp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vamped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Vamping}.] 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. [1913 Webster] I had never much …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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