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camp
1[ kamp ]
noun
- a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- such tents or shelters collectively:
The regiment transported its camp in trucks.
- the persons so sheltered:
The camp slept through the storm.
- the act of camping out:
Camp is far more pleasant in summer than in winter.
- any temporary structure, as a tent or cabin, used on an outing or vacation.
- a group of troops, workers, etc., camping and moving together.
- army life.
- a group of people favoring the same ideals, doctrines, etc.:
Most American voters are divided into two camps, Republicans and Democrats.
- any position in which ideals, doctrines, etc., are strongly entrenched:
After considering the other side's argument, he changed camps.
- a recreation area in the country, equipped with extensive facilities for sports.
verb (used without object)
- to establish or pitch a camp:
The army camped in the valley.
- to live temporarily in or as if in a camp or outdoors, usually for recreation (often followed by out ):
They camped by the stream for a week.
- to reside or lodge somewhere temporarily or irregularly, especially in an apartment, room, etc.:
They camped in our apartment whenever they came to town.
- to settle down securely and comfortably; become ensconced:
The kids camped on our porch until the rain stopped.
- to take up a position stubbornly:
They camped in front of the president's office.
verb (used with object)
- to put or station (troops) in a camp; shelter.
- Digital Technology. (in a video game)
- to hunt or search for (an enemy or item) by maintaining a position where it is known to spawn:
There were a couple of us camping a notorious monster for rare dropped items.
- to hide or take cover in (a relatively safe play area), often as part of an ambush strategy for attacking other characters:
Camp a choke point like the bridge, or just hide in the bushes with a sniper rifle and you’ll be the last man standing.
camp
2[ kamp ]
noun
- something that provides irreverent or knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being theatrically stylized and extravagantly artificial, self-consciously artless, or ironically ingenuous.
- a person who adopts a teasing, theatrical manner, especially for the amusement of others.
verb (used without object)
- Also camp it up. to speak or behave in a coquettishly playful or extravagantly theatrical manner.
adjective
camp Hollywood musicals of the 1940s.
Camp
3[ kamp ]
noun
- Walter Chaun·cey [chawn, -see, chahn, -], 1859–1925, U.S. football coach and author.
cAMP
4[ kamp ]
noun
camp
1/ kæmp /
adjective
- effeminate; affected in mannerisms, dress, etc
- homosexual
- consciously artificial, exaggerated, vulgar, or mannered; self-parodying, esp when in dubious taste
verb
- tr to perform or invest with a camp quality
- camp it up
- to seek to focus attention on oneself by making an ostentatious display, overacting, etc
- to flaunt one's homosexuality
noun
- a camp quality, style, etc
camp
2/ kæmp /
noun
- a place where tents, cabins, or other temporary structures are erected for the use of military troops, for training soldiers, etc
- the military life
- tents, cabins, etc, used as temporary lodgings by a group of travellers, holiday-makers, Scouts, etc
- the group of people living in such lodgings
- a field or paddock fenced off as pasture
- a group supporting a given doctrine or theory
the socialist camp
- a place where sheep or cattle gather to rest
- modifier suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
a camp chair
a camp bed
verb
- introften foll bydown to establish or set up a camp
- introften foll byout to live temporarily in or as if in a tent
- tr to put in a camp
Camp
3/ kæmp /
noun
- CampWalter (Chauncey)18591925MUSSPORT AND GAMES: sportsmanSPORT AND GAMES: sports administrator Walter ( Chauncey ). 1859–1925, US sportsman and administrator; he introduced new rules to American football, which distinguished it from rugby.
Derived Forms
- ˈcamping, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of camp1
Origin of camp2
Word History and Origins
Origin of camp1
Origin of camp2
Idioms and Phrases
- break camp
- foot in both camps
- happy camper
Example Sentences
Wherever you go, the Talon will help turn your car camping site into a true base camp.
In backcountry areas where bruins and other animals want your food, hanging it in a tree downwind of camp will keep it out of reach and reduce nighttime animal prowlers around your tent.
Overall, athletes had successful camps in 46 of the 82 cases, for a hit rate of 56 percent.
This summer, consumer financial services company Synchrony introduced Synchrony summer camps, virtual summer camp experiences for 3,700 children of employees.
At the beginning of camp, students often reported that struggling with math was a sign you weren’t doing well.
Pitchfork called him a “a rap-obsessed misfit from a summer camp who freestyles poorly” who is “ridiculous without knowing it.”
Within a concentration camp, would someone make a joke about the number, the tattooed number?
For now, Sabrine continues her daily routine of visits to the protest camp, to political leaders and taking care of the twins.
In the summer of 2014, they both were sentenced to 4-1/2 years in a labor camp.
The prison camp island nation known as Cuba erupted in celebration.
"A camp-fire would hardly flash and die out like that, Sarge," he answered thoughtfully.
In the most perfect stillness, we arrived within two hundred paces of the enemy's camp.
The camp grew still, except for the rough and ready cook pottering about the fire, boiling buffalo-meat and mixing biscuit-dough.
Meanwhile, he had been selected as aide-de-camp by General d'Ure de Molans.
Thus the whole State became one vast armed camp, nearly forty thousand men on a side, arrayed against each other.
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