Definition of "vamping" []

• Present participle of vamp. (verb)

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• "Let's just try and -- we'll spend a minute and do what we call vamping for a second and see if we can re-establish with Ryan."
• "(Soundbite of accordion) Mr. HANDLER: The first part of the song is called vamping, which simply means that you play the same thing over and over and over and it's a wonderful way to drive people crazy."
• "(In musical theatre it's called "vamping," where the orchestrea plays the same twenty bars of music over and over while the star who missed her entrance is being rushed from her dressing room out onto the stage to sing her big musical number.)"