ALL meanings of vampire
vam·pire
V v - noun vampire a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night. 1
- noun vampire (in Eastern European folklore) a corpse, animated by an undeparted soul or demon, that periodically leaves the grave and disturbs the living, until it is exhumed and impaled or burned. 1
- noun vampire a person who preys ruthlessly upon others; extortionist. 1
- noun vampire a woman who unscrupulously exploits, ruins, or degrades the men she seduces. 1
- noun vampire an actress noted for her roles as an unscrupulous seductress: the vampires of the silent movies. 1
- noun vampire folklore: undead creature 1
- noun vampire subculture: type of Goth 1
- countable noun vampire A vampire is a creature in legends and horror stories. Vampires are said to come out of graves at night and suck the blood of living people. 0
- noun vampire (in European folklore) a corpse that rises nightly from its grave to drink the blood of the living 0
- noun vampire a person who preys mercilessly upon others, such as a blackmailer 0
- noun vampire a trapdoor on a stage 0
- noun vampire a corpse that becomes reanimated and leaves its grave at night to suck the blood of sleeping persons 0
- noun vampire an unscrupulous person who preys ruthlessly on others, as a blackmailer or usurer 0
- noun vampire a beautiful but unscrupulous woman who seduces, exploits, and then ruins men 0
- noun vampire vampire bat 0