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   vamp

   /vamp/

   noun

   • 1. (in jazz and popular music) a short, simple introductory passage, usually repeated several times until otherwise instructed: "the title track has an overlong vamp"
   • 2. the upper front part of a boot or shoe: "heavy lace-ups with basket weave in the vamp"

   verb

   • 1. repair or improve something: informal "the production values have been vamped up"
   • 2. repeat a short, simple passage of music: "the band was vamping gently behind his busy lead guitar"
   • 3. attach a new upper to (a boot or shoe).

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting the foot of a stocking): shortening of Old French avantpie, from avant ‘before’ + pie ‘foot’. The musical sense of the verb developed from the general sense ‘improvise’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • V

     4

   • A

     1

   • M

     3

   • P

     3

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