Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
vamp , n., 3.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
vamp ; tending towardindecency
Etymologies
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Examples
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In one of their tiffs, the painter Marcello calls his vampy, gold-digging girlfriend Musetta a "chav" -- British slang for people with more money than brains and a taste for tacky bling.
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Leopard, which used to be a kind of vampy slutty brassy landlady look, is now mainstream chic.
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For cocktails, high heel girls look great in a "vampy"'40s era, black straight-skirted dress.
Paramus Post 2009
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For cocktails, high heel girls look great in a "vampy"'40s era, black straight-skirted dress.
Paramus Post 2009
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Among the litany of vampy costumes she didn't even understand were vampy because they're so the norm, she casually mentioned that one of the girls in her class was going to be a prostitute, and one of the boys would be going as her pimp.
Joyce McFadden: How to Use Sexualized Halloween Costumes to Discuss the Power of Mothers and Daughters Joyce McFadden 2011
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Among the litany of vampy costumes she didn't even understand were vampy because they're so the norm, she casually mentioned that one of the girls in her class was going to be a prostitute, and one of the boys would be going as her pimp.
Joyce McFadden: How to Use Sexualized Halloween Costumes to Discuss the Power of Mothers and Daughters Joyce McFadden 2011
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I also am glad that Tink is no longer wearing eye-makeup and looking vampy. datingjesus
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Yes, you can play with color a bit—but avoid shades that are too bright or too vampy.
My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011
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Among the litany of vampy costumes she didn't even understand were vampy because they're so the norm, she casually mentioned that one of the girls in her class was going to be a prostitute, and one of the boys would be going as her pimp.
Joyce McFadden: How to Use Sexualized Halloween Costumes to Discuss the Power of Mothers and Daughters Joyce McFadden 2011
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Among the litany of vampy costumes she didn't even understand were vampy because they're so the norm, she casually mentioned that one of the girls in her class was going to be a prostitute, and one of the boys would be going as her pimp.
Joyce McFadden: How to Use Sexualized Halloween Costumes to Discuss the Power of Mothers and Daughters Joyce McFadden 2011
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