ALL meanings of camp
camp
C c - countable noun camp A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay. 3
- variable noun camp A camp is an outdoor area with buildings, tents, or caravans where people stay on holiday. 3
- variable noun camp A camp is a collection of tents or caravans where people are living or staying, usually temporarily while they are travelling. 3
- verb camp If you camp somewhere, you stay or live there for a short time in a tent or caravan, or in the open air. 3
- verb camp Camp out means the same as camp. 3
- countable noun camp You can refer to a group of people who all support a particular person, policy, or idea as a particular camp. 3
- adjective camp If you describe someone's behaviour, performance, or style of dress as camp, you mean that it is exaggerated and amusing, often in a way that is thought to be typical of some male homosexuals. 3
- adjective camp Camp is also a noun. 3
- noun camp a place where tents, cabins, or other temporary structures are erected for the use of military troops, for training soldiers, etc 3
- noun camp the military life 3
- noun camp tents, cabins, etc, used as temporary lodgings by a group of travellers, holiday-makers, Scouts, etc 3
- noun camp the group of people living in such lodgings 3
- noun camp a field or paddock fenced off as pasture 3
- noun camp a group supporting a given doctrine or theory 3
- noun camp a place where sheep or cattle gather to rest 3
- noun camp suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up 3
- verb camp to establish or set up a camp 3
- verb camp to live temporarily in or as if in a tent 3
- verb camp to put in a camp 3
- adjective camp effeminate; affected in mannerisms, dress, etc 3
- adjective camp homosexual 3
- adjective camp consciously artificial, exaggerated, vulgar, or mannered; self-parodying, esp when in dubious taste 3
- verb camp to perform or invest with a camp quality 3
- noun camp a camp quality, style, etc 3
- noun camp Walter (Chauncey). 1859–1925, US sportsman and administrator; he introduced new rules to American football, which distinguished it from rugby 3
- noun camp Walter (Chauncey)1859-1925; U.S. football authority and coach 3
- noun camp 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 3
- noun camp military life 3
- noun camp a group of people who support or advance a common opinion, cause, etc. 3
- noun camp the position taken by such a group 3
- noun camp a tent, cabin, etc., or a group of these, used for temporary lodging, as by hunters or fishermen 3
- noun camp a place in the country for vacationers, esp. children, with outdoor recreation, often organized and supervised 3
- noun camp the people living in a camp 3
- noun camp banality, mediocrity, artifice, ostentation, etc. so extreme as to amuse or have a perversely sophisticated appeal 3
- noun camp exaggerated effeminate mannerisms, usually affected for amusement 3
- adjective camp characterized by camp (sense 6) 3
- intransitive verb camp to set up a camp; encamp 3
- intransitive verb camp to live or stay in or as if in a camp 3
- verb transitive camp to put into a camp 3
- verb transitive camp to provide with accommodations 3
- noun camp A place with temporary accommodations of huts, tents, or other structures, typically used by soldiers, refugees, prisoners, or travelers. 1
- noun camp military 1
- noun camp outdoor lodging: recreation 1
- noun camp outdoor summer program 1
- noun camp prison 1
- noun camp in-group 1
- intransitive verb camp lodge outdoors: recreation 1
- adjective camp man: effeminate 1
- adjective camp performance: affected, theatrical 1
- intransitive verb camp live as if camping 1