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vampering

vampering is the present participle and gerund of vamper.

Meaning of vamper

Verb

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

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.
    • The temple of thy body, look with scorn,
      Why doth that vamper'd glution eat no more1764, Charles Churchill, The Times

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Questions about vampering

What is vampering the present participle and gerund of?
Vampering is the present participle and gerund of vamper.

Words near vampering in the dictionary

  1. vampdom
  2. vamped
  3. vamped up
  4. vamper
  5. vampered
  6. vampering
  7. vampers
  8. vampette
  9. vampettes
  10. vamphorn
  11. vamphorns

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