Vamp1 – verb (vamp something up) informal

Improve something by adding something more interesting

Noun – the upper front part of a boot or shoe

ORIGIN – first referring to the foot of a stocking: from Old French avant ‘before’+ pie ‘foot’


Vamp2 – noun (informal)

A woman who uses her sexual attractiveness to seduce and control men

Verb – blatantly set out to attract a man.

DERIVATIVES – vampish adjective vampy adjective

ORIGIN – short for vampire