vamp

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   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.
2. 2
   Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.
3. 3
   Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.
4. 4
   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.
5. 5
   An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
6. 6
   A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her; femme fatale.
7. 7
   A vampire.
8. 8
   A volunteer firefighter.

Verb

1. 1
   To patch, repair, or refurbish.
2. 2
   Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.
3. 3
   To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.
4. 4
   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”).
5. 5
   To attach a vamp (to footwear).
6. 6
   To travel by foot; to walk.
7. 7
   To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
8. 8
   To pawn.
9. 9
   To seduce or exploit someone.
10. 10
    To turn (someone) into a vampire.
11. 11
    To cosplay a vampire.