camp

A camp is where people live for a short period of time. (noun)

See camp in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. 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
2. military life
1. a group of people who support or advance a common opinion, cause, etc.
2. 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
☆ Slang
1. banality, mediocrity, artifice, ostentation, etc. so extreme as to amuse or have a perversely sophisticated appeal
2. exaggerated effeminate mannerisms, usually affected for amusement

adjective

Slang characterized by camp ()

intransitive verb

transitive verb

Camp, Walter (Chauncey) 1859-1925; U.S. football authority and coach

See camp in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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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.

verb camped, camp·ing, camps

verb, intransitive

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.

verb, transitive

To shelter or lodge in a camp; encamp: They camped themselves by a river.

(kămp)

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).

adjective

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.

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