(vamp) noun
1. The piece of leather forming the upper front part of a boot or shoe.
2. Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.
3. Music A simple improvised accompaniment.
—v.t.
1. To provide with a vamp.
2. To repair or patch.
3. Music To improvise an accompaniment to.
—v.i.
4. Music To improvise accompaniments. [<OF avampie forepart of the foot <avant before + pied foot]
—vamp′er noun

(vamp) Slang v.t.
To seduce or prey upon (a man) by utilizing one's feminine charms.
—v.i. To play the vamp.
—noun An unscrupulous flirt or coquette. See VAMPIRE (def. 2). [Short for VAMPIRE]