EGAVE

vampire

About 1.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    Bram Stoker's novel Dracula built on centuries-old stories of vampires and also encouraged new growth of the mythology.
  2. noun A person with habits traditionally ascribed to (literal) vampires, such as heliophobia, being a night owl, having pale skin, and so on.
    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!
  3. noun A person with the medical condition porphyria cutanea tarda, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.
  4. noun A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
  5. noun A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.
    emotional vampire
  6. noun A vamp: a seductive woman who exploits men.
  7. noun A medical technician who works with patients' blood; especially, a phlebotomist.
  8. noun Synonym of anti-ship missile (ASM), particularly an incoming hostile one.
    Vampire. Vampire. Vampire. Battle stations.

Similar words

lamia ghoul undead clan james kind bats bloodsucker vamp shane

Often followed by

bats slayer bat and in is who of was

Word family

vampires vampiric vampirish

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