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vamping up

vamping up is the present participle and gerund of vamp up.

Meaning of vamp up

Verb

vamp up (third-person singular simple present vamps up, present participle vamping up, simple past and past participle vamped up)

  1. To repair; mend.
    Synonyms:
    revamp, vamp
  2. To remake.
    Synonyms:
    revamp
  3. To make up; invent.
    • "Second one vamped up for the occasion. If you are clever and know your business you can fake a bone as easily as you can a photograph."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Questions about vamping up

What is vamping up the present participle and gerund of?
Vamping up is the present participle and gerund of vamp up.

Words near vamping up in the dictionary

  1. vampies
  2. vampiest
  3. vampily
  4. vampiness
  5. vamping
  6. vamping up
  7. vampings
  8. vampire
  9. vampire bat
  10. vampire bats
  11. vampire bug

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