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.

Related terms

• camper
• campness
• campfire
• camp site, campsite
• campground
• campestral
• fat camp
• summer camp