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As a noun, camp means an outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures. As a verb, it means live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
Meanings of camp
36 meaningsnoun
An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
A single hut or shelter.
“a hunter's camp”
The company or body of persons encamped.
A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
uncommonCampus
informalA summer camp.
prison slangA prison.
agricultureA mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost
An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.
slangfalkland islandsThe areas of the Falkland Islands situated outside the capital and largest settlement, Stanley.
An electoral constituency of the legislative assembly of the Falkland Islands that composes of all territory more than 3.5 miles from the spire of the Christ Church Cathedral in Stanley.
Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
“wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling”
Similar: encampment, cantonment, bivouac
Older and rare meanings (2)
obsoleteAn army.
obsoleteConflict; battle.
verb
To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
“We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.”
To set up a camp.
To afford rest or lodging for.
sportsvideo gamesTo stay in an advantageous location.
“Some players like to camp next to a power-up's spawning point.”
video gamesTo stay beside (something) to gain an advantage.
“The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.”
“Go and camp the flag for the win.”
video gamesShort for corpse camp.
Give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
Older and rare meanings (2)
obsoleteTo fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.
obsoleteTo wrangle; argue.
adjective
Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
of a manOstentatiously effeminate.
Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.
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”
Similar: campy
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).