To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.
To stamp or impress onto something.
To collide or strike, the act of impinging.
To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on.
A significant or strong influence or effect.
A forced impinging.
The striking of one body against another; collision.
The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.
To patch, repair, or refurbish.
To travel by foot; to walk.
To attach a vamp (to footwear).
To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.
To seduce or exploit someone.
To turn into a vampire.
To perform a vamp (“a repeated, often improvised accompaniment, for example, under dialogue or while waiting for a soloist to be ready”).
An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking.
A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her.
Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.
A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist.
A vampire.
A volunteer firefighter.
Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.