vamps 1 of 2

noun

plural of vamp
1
as in charmers

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as in coquettes

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vamps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of vamp
as in ribs

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  1. charmers
  2. flirts
  3. kids
  4. sirens
  5. teases
  6. seductresses
  7. razzes
Noun
  • Why so many charmers, devious or otherwise?
    — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The filmmaker’s passion for foolhardy underdogs and train-wreck charmers electrifies this tale of a postwar striver (an unbelievable Timothée Chalamet) trying to make his name in table tennis.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of charmers
Noun
  • The hole’s narrow fairway flirts with disaster on both sides – water and super high rough.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
  • One flirts and drinks and dallies and dances; the other is part child, part monk, his mantel packed with icons and crucifixes, his inner landscape a kind of mental Sagrada Família — a weird and extraordinary edifice constructed around the rigors and promises of Christianity.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of flirts
Verb
  • Pursuing big goals while parenting shows kids the value of hard work and resilience.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 15 Sep. 2026
  • What everyday skills should kids practice before the first week of school?
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of kids
Noun
  • Her friend’s cries mixed with the sound of police car sirens before officers arrived and escorted students and staff out the building.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Moments later, another NYPD vehicle approached their moped from the opposite direction on Northern Boulevard, its lights and sirens off, and, cut across the double yellow line to swerve into their path.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of sirens
Verb
  • The trailer for the show, which Vulture is exclusively premiering, teases two separate family dramas behind the scenes in the show’s version of the Cleveland Browns.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Transitions are constant both within and between songs, most of which include an interlude or coda that teases the next track.
    — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of teases
Noun
  • Once again, a defense lawyer attempted to paint the women as lying, scheming seductresses.
    — S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Definition of seductresses
Verb
  • As Roy tries to make an Irish goodbye, Jamie affectionately razzes him for being hairy.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of razzes
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