vamp

(informal) To seduce or exploit someone.

To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.

To perform a vamp (“a repeated, often improvised accompaniment, for example, under dialogue or while waiting for a soloist to be ready”).

To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.

To patch, repair, or refurbish.

Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.

(slang) To turn (someone) into a vampire.

To cosplay a vampire.

To attach a vamp (to footwear).

(dialect) To travel by foot; to walk.

(slang, no longer used) To pawn.

A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her.

(informal) A vampire.

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.

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.

Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.

Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.

(US, slang) A volunteer firefighter.