noun
vampire
VAM-peye-uh
noun
1
A legendary undead creature said to survive by drinking the blood of the living.
"The film follows a vampire who has lived in the same city for three hundred years."
2
A person who drains someone else's time, energy, or resources.
"That client is a total energy vampire — every call leaves me exhausted."
How to Use Vampire
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA blood-drinking undead being from folklore, or (informally) someone who exhausts you.
Common pairings
vampire bat
energy vampire
vampire novel
Word Forms
vampired past tense, vampires plural, vampires singular
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Etymology
From French vampire, via German and Hungarian from a Slavic word, ultimately of uncertain origin.