"vamper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvæmpə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vamper.wav [Southern-England] Forms: vampers [plural]
Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ) Etymology: From vamp + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|vamp|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From vamp + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} vamper (plural vampers)
  1. One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler.
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈvæmpə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vamper.wav [Southern-England] Forms: vampers [present, singular, third-person], vampering [participle, present], vampered [participle, past], vampered [past]
Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ) Etymology: Compare vaunt. Head templates: {{en-verb}} vamper (third-person singular simple present vampers, present participle vampering, simple past and past participle vampered)
  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To swagger; to make an ostentatious show. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-vamper-en-verb-VJT2kASR Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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