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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