Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To patch up or restore; renovate.
- transitive verb To revise or reconstruct (a manuscript, for example).
- transitive verb To vamp (a shoe) anew.
- noun The act or an instance of revamping; a complete reorganization or revision.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To vamp, mend, or patch up again; rehabilitate; reconstruct.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To vamp again; hence, to patch up; to reconstruct.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
renovate ,revise ,improve orrenew ; topatch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
- verb to patch up or renovate; repair or restore
Etymologies
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Examples
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Miu Miu's revamp is important to the future of Prada SpA, whic h owns shoe brands Car Shoe and Church's in addition to Miu Miu and Prada.
In Bloom: Miu Miu Comes of Age Christina Passariello 2010
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But having broached the thorny issue of using government entities to boost housing, the Fed didn't touch on questions surrounding a needed long-term revamp of housing finance.
Fed Up With the Depressed State of Housing David Reilly 2012
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Abhishek Bachchan to star in Hindi revamp of 1969 crime caper starring Michael Caine, Benny Hill and a fleet of Mini Coopers
Bollywood takes The Italian Job for a spin Jason Burke in Delhi 2010
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Rep. Dave Camp, the Michigan Republican who will head the Ways and Means Committee next year, said one little-noticed benefit of the bill is that it clears the decks for Congress to begin considering a much-needed long-term revamp of the entire tax code.
Congress Passes Tax Deal Janet Hook 2010
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His budget is the first step in a long-term revamp of everything from how the Pentagon bureaucracy responds to the needs of deployed forces to the kinds of missions that the military trains and equips for.
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Basically, Dirk Benedict – the guy who was Starbuck, and has spent the last two decades hanging around conventions like a ghost ever since the original show got cancelled – says that the fact that Starbuck was transformed into a girl for the recent revamp is a sign of the decline of masculinity.
Mixed Messages, And When To Send Them homestrange 2006
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While the original adaptation of the Ira Levin novel was a straight thriller, the revamp is considered to be more of a sophisticated black comedy.
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Setsetse said the justice department was looking at a long term revamp of the legal aid systems, including the introduction of a public defender system.
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His budget is the first step in a long-term revamp of everything from how the Pentagon bureaucracy responds to the needs of deployed forces to the kinds of missions that the military trains and equips for.
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I’ve mentioned that I think the revamp is a lot better and infinitely more “summer box office” film.
bilby commented on the word revamp
Today I found myself writing in an email:
"I can't see what there is to revamp. There was bugger all vamp in the first place."
April 25, 2016
bilby commented on the word revamp
My point being that it kind of works because no-one knows what a vamp is. Me included!
April 25, 2016