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- pronunciation:
- vaemp
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
in a shoe, the upper portion covering the instep and often the toes.
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| definition 2: |
something pieced together; patchwork.
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| definition 3: |
a succession of simple chords, often improvised to connect two different musical passages.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
vamps, vamping, vamped |
| definition 1: |
to furnish with a vamp or repair the vamp of (a shoe).
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| definition 2: |
to patch up; refurbish (often fol. by "up").
We'll just have to vamp up the old machines because we can't afford to buy new ones. |
| definition 3: |
in music, to invent or improvise.
The pianist vamped an accompaniment. |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to improvise a melody, connecting passage, or accompaniment.
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| related words: |
play it by ear |
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