Camp
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
"They played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"
"Campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"

noun


(2)   Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
"Wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
(3)   Temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
"Level ground is best for parking and camp areas"
(4)   A prison for forced laborers
"China has many work camps for political prisoners"
(5)   A site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
"City kids get to see the country at a summer camp"
(6)   Shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
(7)   Something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
"The living room was pure camp"
(8)   An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
(9)   A group of people living together in a camp
"The whole camp laughed at his mistake"

verb


(10)   Give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
(11)   Establish or set up a camp
(12)   Live in or as if in a tent
"Can we go camping again this summer?"
"The circus tented near the town"
"The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
WiktionaryText

Noun



  1. An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
  2. An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
  3. A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
  4. A group of people with the same ideals or political leanings, strongly supported.
  5. An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.
  6. A summer camp.

Adjective



  1. Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
  2. Ostentatiously effeminate.
  3. Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.

Verb



  1. To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
    We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.
  2. To stay in an advantageous location in a video game, such as next to a power-up's spawning point or to guard an area.
    The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.
    Go and camp the flag for the win.
  3. To behave in a camp manner.
    Don't camp up your performance of Malvolio in Twelfth Night this time.
  4. To troll for sexual partners.
    Looks like he's going to camp for some hot bois tonight.
  5. To chat up a guy in the hopes of getting him into bed.
    You should camp that cute guy.

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