vampire
Plural: vampires
Noun
- A mythical undead creature that feeds on the blood of the living.
- (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
- A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living.
- A person with habits traditionally ascribed to (literal) vampires, such as heliophobia, being a night owl, having pale skin, and so on.
- A person with the medical condition porphyria cutanea tarda, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.
- A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
- A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.
- A vamp: a seductive woman who exploits men.
- A medical technician who works with patients' blood; especially, a phlebotomist.
- Synonym of anti-ship missile (ASM), particularly an incoming hostile one.
Verb
- To drain of energy or resources.
Examples
- Bram Stoker's novel Dracula built on centuries-old stories of vampires and also encouraged new growth of the mythology.
- emotional vampire
- His opponent was like a VAMPIRE, sucking all the bonus points from the board.
- Somehow I doubt that Kelly will want to go surfing with us — she's such a vampire that she might recoil from the sun, lol!
- Vampire. Vampire. Vampire. Battle stations.
- You have to be careful what you tell her, because she's such a vampire for drama.
Origin / Etymology
From French vampire, from German Vampir, via Hungarian from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-Croatian вампир (vàmpīr), proposed to be a variant of unattested *upir, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь, Doublet of oupire.
Synonyms
lamia, anti-ship missile, hematophagous, hemovore, nosferatu, vampire bat
Scrabble Score: 14
vampire: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordvampire: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vampire: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary