decamp meaning

decamp as a verb

1. leave a camp
   • The hikers decamped before dawn

   Synonyms: break camp

   Type of: depart

   Related forms: decampment

2. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
   • The thief made off with our silver
   • the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe

   Synonyms: abscond, bolt, absquatulate, run off, go off, make off

   Type of: flee

   Kinds: levant

   Related forms: decampment

3. leave suddenly
   • She persuaded him to decamp
   • skip town

   Synonyms: skip, vamoose

   Type of: leave

How to pronounce decamp

decamp is pronounced /dəˈkæmp/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with decamp

• stamp
• lamp
• clamp
• tramp
• damp
• ramp
• champ
• cramp
• encamp
• revamp
• gamp
• tamp
• vamp