- nouncamp (noun) · camps (plural noun) · summer camp (noun) · summer camps (plural noun)
- a place with temporary accommodations of huts, tents, or other structures, typically used by soldiers, refugees, prisoners, or travelers:"the enemy camp" · "a detention camp" · "the shot woke the whole camp"
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHa recreational institution providing facilities for outdoor activities, sports, crafts, and other special interests and typically featuring rustic overnight accommodations:"a summer camp for children" · "drama camp"
- temporary overnight lodging out of doors, typically in tents:"we pitched camp at a fine spot" · "we made camp at a bend in the creek"
- a facility at which athletes train during the off-season:"football tryout camps"
- the supporters of a particular party or doctrine regarded collectively:"the change is aimed at accommodating last year's political agreement between the island territory's pro- and anti-independence camps"
verbcamp (verb) · camps (third person present) · camped (past tense) · camped (past participle) · camping (present participle)- live for a time in a camp, tent, or camper, as when on vacation:"parks in which you can camp or stay in a chalet"
- lodge temporarily, especially in an inappropriate or uncomfortable place:"we camped out for the night in a mission schoolroom"
- remain persistently in one place:"the press will be camping on your doorstep once they get onto this story"
Originearly 16th century: from French camp, champ, from Italian campo, from Latin campus ‘level ground’, specifically applied to the Campus Martius in Rome, used for games, athletic practice, and military drill.adjectivecamp (adjective) · camper (comparative adjective) · campest (superlative adjective)- deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style, typically for humorous effect:"the movie seems more camp than shocking or gruesome"
- extravagantly flamboyant or affected, in a way stereotypically associated with some gay men:"a heavily made-up and highly camp actor"
nouncamp (noun)- deliberately exaggerated and theatrical behavior or style:"Hollywood camp"
verbcamp (verb) · camps (third person present) · camped (past tense) · camped (past participle) · camping (present participle)- behave in an extravagantly flamboyant or theatrical way:"he camped it up a bit for the cameras" · "they wore funny masks and camped around a lot and acted silly"
- (camp something up)perform a role, scene, etc. in an extravagantly flamboyant or theatrical way:"it's precisely the kind of role that a lesser actor would have camped up and exaggerated"
Originearly 20th century: of uncertain origin; probably from French se camper ‘assume a bold or provocative posture, strike a pose’, specific use of camper ‘encamp’.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a place with temporary accommodations of huts, tents, or other structures, typically used by soldiers, refugees, prisoners, or travelers:
- the supporters of a particular party or doctrine regarded collectively:
adjective- deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style, typically for humorous effect:
- extravagantly flamboyant or affected, in a way stereotypically associated with some gay men:
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