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The definition of a camp is where people live for a short period of time.
(noun)- An example of a camp is your tent while at the Burning Man festival.
- An example of a camp is where the military live while in training.
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See camp in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a place where tents, huts, barracks, or other more or less temporary structures have been put up, as for soldiers in training or in bivouac
- military life
- a group of people who support or advance a common opinion, cause, etc.
- the position taken by such a group
- a tent, cabin, etc., or a group of these, used for temporary lodging, as by hunters or fishermen
- a place in the country for vacationers, esp. children, with outdoor recreation, often organized and supervised
- the people living in a camp
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Origin: orig., homosexual jargon
Slang- banality, mediocrity, artifice, ostentation, etc. so extreme as to amuse or have a perversely sophisticated appeal
- exaggerated effeminate mannerisms, usually affected for amusement
Origin: Fr < OProv < L campus, a field: see campus
adjective
Slang characterized by camp ()
intransitive verb
- to set up a camp; encamp
- to live or stay in or as if in a camp: often with out
transitive verb
- to put into a camp
- to provide with accommodations
Camp,
Walter (Chauncey) 1859-1925; U.S. football authority and coach
See camp in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A place where tents, huts, or other temporary shelters are set up, as by soldiers, nomads, or travelers.b. A cabin or shelter or group of such buildings: gathered branches and grasses for a makeshift camp; had a fishing camp in Vermont.c. The people using such shelters: a howl that awakened the whole camp.
- a. A place in the country that offers simple group accommodations and organized recreation or instruction, as for vacationing children: a girls' summer camp; a tennis camp.b. Sports A place where athletes engage in intensive training, especially preseason training.c. The people attending the programs at such a place.
- Military service; army life.
- A group of people who think alike or share a cause; side: The council members disagreed, falling into liberal and conservative camps.
- To make or set up a camp.
- To live in or as if in a camp; settle: We camped in the apartment until the furniture arrived.
To shelter or lodge in a camp; encamp: They camped themselves by a river.
Origin:
Origin: Obsolete French
Origin: , perhaps from Italian
Origin: or Spanish campo
Origin: , all from Latin campus, field
.noun
- An affectation or appreciation of manners and tastes commonly thought to be artificial, vulgar, or banal.
- Banality, vulgarity, or artificiality when deliberately affected or when appreciated for its humor: “Camp is popularity plus vulgarity plus innocence” (Indra Jahalani).
Having deliberately artificial, vulgar, banal, or affectedly humorous qualities or style: played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect.
verb camped, camp·ing, camps verb, intransitive To act in a deliberately artificial, vulgar, or banal way.
verb, transitive To give a deliberately artificial, vulgar, or banal quality to: camped up their cowboy costumes with chaps, tin stars, and ten-gallon hats.
Origin:
Origin: Origin unknown
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- campˈy adjective
American football coach and promoter who developed many of the sport's basic rules.
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