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{{wiktionary|Vamp|vamp}}
In ], a <B>vamp</B> is simply a repeating bass figure. The equivalent in ] would be an ]. A background vamp provides a performer, or perhaps the pianist's right hand, a harmonic framework upon which to improvise. A vamp often acts as a springboard at the opening of an ].


'''Vamp''' most commonly refers to:
Similarly, in ], a vamp is a figure of one or two measures which the orchestra repeats during dialogue or stage business. Here the purpose of a vamp is to allow the singers as much time to prepare for the song or the next verse as is necessary, without either requiring the music to pause until the singers are ready or requiring the action on stage to be carefully synchronized with music of a fixed length.
* ], the upper part of a shoe
* ], a seductress or ''femme fatale''; derived from "vampire"
* ], a repeating musical figure or accompaniment


'''Vamp''' or '''vamps''' may also refer to:
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'''Vamp''' is the name of a character from the game ], a member of ]. He was born in ], and his family were killed when he was younger in a church bomb incident. He survived amongst the rubble by drinking his own family's blood and grew up to become an expert and wizard with knives. It seems however, that Vamp is a sort of supernatural being, as he survived being shot in the head and enjoys the taste of human blood. ] however, shot him a second time using a ] and for what it seemed, killed him.
==Science and technology==
* Value Added Information Medical Products (VAMP), former name of the ]
⚫ * ], a family of proteins
* The ], a chemotherapy regimen for the treatment of low-risk childhood Hodgkin lymphoma
* ], a U.S. Navy hydrologic survey
* ], a toy vehicle


===Vehicles===
Note: Vamp reappears in the ending when Solid Snake talks to Raiden. He is barely visible near a yellow car, which is, actually modeled after Yoji Shinkawa's car.
* ] (VAMP), an inflatable robotic aircraft for Venus
Vamp is very hard to see, but is still there.
* ], the first autonomous car that drove long distances in traffic
* "Vamps", short for ] plane in Rhodesia


==Music==
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* ], Norwegian folk music band formed in 1990
'''Vamp''' is a colloquial term applied to describe a particular type of ], popular in ]. The term is a shortening of the word ], and is used to describe a woman who is glamorous in an exotic, stylised and usually overstated manner. She is usually noted for her striking features, dark clothing and hair, and ] which darken and accentuate the eyes and lips. Her character is a heartless seductress, and the men she seduces are usually shown as helpless victims unable to resist her. From the perspective of American film audiences, she is often seen as foreign, usually of undetermined Eastern European or Asian ancestry. She was designed as the sexual counterpoint of the wholesome actresses such as ] and ]. Among the notable vamps of the silent screen were ], ], and in her earliest film appearances, ].
* ], Japanese rock band formed in 2008
** ], the 2009 self-titled debut album of the Japanese band
* ], formed in 1965
* ], a band formed in 2012
* ] (born 1995), a Belgian DJ and record producer
* ], a 1996 album by Akina Nakamori


==Characters==
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* ]
'''Vamp''' is a 1986 vampire film starring ]. It is similar in premise to a film made 10 years later, ] in that a group of people (frat boys, this time) end up in a nightclub ran by vampires where they have to fight for survival.
* Vamp, a ]
* ], a character from ''Gobots''


==Film, television and theatre==
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* ], 1986 vampire film
⚫ '''VAMP''' stands for ].
* ], 2012 horror-comedy film
* ], a Brazilian telenovela
* '']'', a 1955 musical comedy
* ], a lost 1918 silent film wartime comedy-drama
* ] (1885–1955), American silent film actress nicknamed "The Vamp"
* ], Italian drag queen


==Other==
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* ], a slang term for a volunteer firefighter in the United States
* ], a river in Manitoba, Canada
* ], a building in Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.
* ], a women's ice hockey team
* ''Vamp!'', a light novel series by ]


==See also==
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'''Vamp''' is a name for a ].
* {{in title}}
* ]
* ], a fictional character

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Vamp or vamps may also refer to:

Science and technology

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Music

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