Meaning & Definition of Camp in English
Camp
noun
1. Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
- "Wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
- camp,
- encampment,
- cantonment,
- bivouac
2. A group of people living together in a camp
- "The whole camp laughed at his mistake"
- camp
3. Temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
- "Level ground is best for parking and camp areas"
- camp
4. An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- clique,
- coterie,
- ingroup,
- inner circle,
- pack,
- camp
5. A penal institution (often for forced labor)
- "China has many camps for political prisoners"
- camp
6. Something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
- "The living room was pure camp"
- camp
7. Shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
- camp,
- refugee camp
8. 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"
- camp,
- summer camp
verb
1. 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"
- camp,
- encamp,
- camp out,
- bivouac,
- tent
2. Establish or set up a camp
- camp,
- camp down
3. Give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
- camp
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"
- camp,
- campy