Definitions
of camp
1. [adj] - providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities 2. [n] - a group of people living together in a camp 3. [n] - something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality 4. [n] - a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months 5. [n] - a prison for forced laborers 6. [n] - temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers 7. [n] - temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers 8. [v] - live in or as if in a tent 9. [v] - establish or set up a camp 10. [v] - give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
Quotes
- Example use of the word camp1. wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling 2. level ground is best for parking and camp areas 3. China has many work camps for political prisoners 4. city kids get to see the country at a summer camp 5. the livingroom was pure camp 6. the whole camp laughed at his mistake 7. Can we go camping again this summer? 8. The circus tented near the town 9. The houseguests had to camp in the living room 10. they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect 11. campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's
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