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as in seducer
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Recent Examples of vamp
Ronald E. Scott, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
The True Blood vamp plays a wealthy novelist who accidentally kills a local man at a seaside resort and discovers there’s a way for rich people to avoid the law in this part of the world.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Pictured below, this was a Hollywood icon dressed (in a dress that actually functioned as a dress) unapologetically made up to the nines, and vamping her heart out.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The fundamental elements of African American music were the sounds of enslaved Africans; cries, hollers, call and response, additive rhythms, bent notes, hand-clapping, stomps and constant repetition of rhythmic and melodic phrasing (from which riffs and vamps were derived).
—Ronald E. Scott, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
The True Blood vamp plays a wealthy novelist who accidentally kills a local man at a seaside resort and discovers there’s a way for rich people to avoid the law in this part of the world.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
Gaga, however, Gaga-fies it, joyfully vamping all over the melody as if she’s morphed into a saxophone.
—Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Pictured below, this was a Hollywood icon dressed (in a dress that actually functioned as a dress) unapologetically made up to the nines, and vamping her heart out.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vamp
Noun
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The supermodel amped up the coquette look with a black ribbon in her hair. 04 of 18 Camila Cabello For the Chanel Paris Fashion Week show, Camila Cabello opted for a black tweed suit with a subtle white plaid print.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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So for all the coquette girlies on a budget, LoveShackFancy brushes are the biggest no-brainer.—
Kleigh Balugo,
StyleCaster,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Deep inside the tunnel, awaiting a sprint onto court, Mark Williams smirks while making an inside joke to a staffer before ribbing an assistant coach for stepping over a barrier without tripping.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Mar. 2025
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Vargas light-heartedly ribbed Pages on the way to stepping on the bag.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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She is gifted with a lovely color of a lyric soprano suitable for roles in the spectrum from a lyric, lyric coloratura to a soubrette.—
Heide Janssen,
Orange County Register,
16 Mar. 2025
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Not only did diners want to enjoy her singing in the cabaret, no doubt many could not resist coming to see for themselves the soubrette who had inspired such fury in the late George VI.—
Olivia Williams,
Town & Country,
1 June 2021
Verb
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The trio teased the record in the weeks leading up to its release with individual Instagram posts declaring their own relationship statuses.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2025
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DeVito first teased a potential reunion with Schwarzenegger in November 2023.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The beat is straight up filthy, as are the lyrics, written from the point of view of a seductress who is simultaneously a literal murderer.—
James Factora,
Them,
7 Mar. 2025
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The woman behind the enchanting seductress at the center of the song was a bank teller who was, according to Parton, overly-familiar with her husband.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the middle of all this, Alexa and Lino remain pretty steadfast in their commitment to each other (except when Lino occasionally gets the urge to cheat and flirts with Alex, who turns him down every time).—
Charlotte Walsh,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2025
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Love this gay panic that Benjamin Bratt is descending into as Victor flirts with him.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Starting today, February 12, 2025, Android customers can watch Apple TV+ on their mobile devices — phones, tablets, and foldables, whatever those are (just kidding, this is what those are).—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
12 Feb. 2025
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Finally, Mack’s precocious 11-year-old daughter Opal (Norah Murphy) is more in tune with adults than kids her age.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Troopers tried to pull the driver over and flipped on their lights and sirens.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
12 Mar. 2025
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Israel Hernandez heard the faint whine of sirens outside his Wilmington apartment and looked up just in time to see a minivan crash into another vehicle as police gave chase.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Vamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vamp. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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