VAMPER

coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser

(noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

vamper (plural vampers)

One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler.

Etymology 2

Verb

vamper (third-person singular simple present vampers, present participle vampering, simple past and past participle vampered)

(UK, Scotland, dialect) To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.

Anagrams

• revamp

Source: Wiktionary


Vamp"er, n.

Definition: One who vamps; one who pieces an old thing with something new; a cobbler.

Vamp"er, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Vaunt.]

Definition: To swagger; to make an ostentatious show. [Prov. eng. & Scot.] Jamieson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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