(Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.
(transitive, figurative) To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth.
pavo
pavy
pctv
perv
perv
noun
(slang) A pervert.
verb
(slang) To stare at others in a perverted manner, especially whilst thinking sexual thoughts about them.
potv
prev
prev
adj
Abbreviation of previous.
priv
priv
noun
(Internet slang) A private account.
(computing, informal, usually in the plural) Clipping of privilege.
prov
pulv
rsvp
rsvp
verb
(informal) Alternative letter-case form of RSVP
spiv
spiv
noun
(Britain, dated) A flashy con artist, often homeless, who lives by his wits.
(Britain, dated) A slacker; one who shirks responsibility.
(Britain, dated, Scotland Yard) A low and common thief.
(Britain, historical) A smartly dressed person who trades in illicit, black-market or stolen goods, especially during World War II.
vamp
vamp
noun
(US, slang) A volunteer firefighter.
(by extension) An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
(informal) A vampire.
(music) A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist.
A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her.
Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.
Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.
The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking.
verb
(fiction, transitive) To turn into a vampire.
(intransitive) To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
(transitive) Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.
(transitive) To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.
(transitive) To patch, repair, or refurbish.
(transitive, intransitive) To seduce or exploit someone.
(transitive, intransitive, music, specifically) To perform a vamp (“a repeated, often improvised accompaniment, for example, under dialogue or while waiting for a soloist to be ready”).
(transitive, intransitive, now dialectal) To travel by foot; to walk.
(transitive, shoemaking) To attach a vamp (to footwear).
veep
veep
noun
(US politics, informal) The Vice President of the United States; the office of Vice President of the United States, especially during an election cycle where several are in the running for the nomination.
(informal) Any vice president (in a corporation, organization, etc.)