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What (who) is Camp - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Câmp, Romania; Câmp (disambiguation); Câmpu River; Câmpu River (disambiguation)
camp
n.
1) to make, pitch, set up a camp
2) to break, strike camp
3) an army; concentration; detention; displaced-persons, DP; internment; labor; prisoner-of-war, POW, PW (AE); refugee; repatriation; summer; training; work camp
4) a trailer camp (AE; BE has caravan park)
5) the enemy; rival camp
6) an armed camp
camp
(camps, camping, camped)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay.
...a refugee camp...
2,500 foreign prisoners-of-war, including Americans, had been held in camps near Tambov.
N-COUNT: oft n N
2.
A camp is an outdoor area with buildings, tents, or caravans where people stay on holiday.
N-VAR
3.
A camp is a collection of tents or caravans where people are living or staying, usually temporarily while they are travelling.
...gypsy camps...
We'll make camp on that hill ahead.
N-VAR
4.
If you camp somewhere, you stay or live there for a short time in a tent or caravan, or in the open air.
We camped near the beach.
VERB: V
•
For six months they camped out in a caravan in a meadow at the back of the house.
PHRASAL VERB: V P
• camping
They went camping in the wilds.
...a camping trip.
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5.
You can refer to a group of people who all support a particular person, policy, or idea as a particular camp.
The press release provoked furious protests from the Gore camp and other top Democrats.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
6.
If you describe someone's behaviour, performance, or style of dress as camp, you mean that it is exaggerated and amusing, often in a way that is thought to be typical of some male homosexuals. (INFORMAL)
James Barron turns in a delightfully camp performance.
ADJ
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Camp is also a noun.
The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama.
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7.
see also camped
, aide-de-camp
, concentration camp
, holiday camp
, labour camp
, prison camp
, training camp
, aide-de-camp
, concentration camp
, holiday camp
, labour camp
, prison camp
, training camp
8.
If a performer camps it up, they deliberately perform in an exaggerated and often amusing way. (INFORMAL)
PHRASE: V inflects
camp
v.
1. To remain in close proximity to or hover over. 2. To constantly refresh a message board post so that you immediately see any replies made to it or to search for a specific user's posts continuously on a message board. 3. (Multi-player Gaming) To stay close to a spawn point for a monster or player in order to assure yourself the kill.
Bob is camping the copy machine today. He must have a large report. I've camped this post for 20 minutes and still no replies to my thread. Betty is so cool. I constantly camp her posts just to see what she says. I like the game, but there are too many lamers who camp all the spawns.
1. To remain in close proximity to or hover over. 2. To constantly refresh a message board post so that you immediately see any replies made to it or to search for a specific user's posts continuously on a message board. 3. (Multi-player Gaming) To stay close to a spawn point for a monster or player in order to assure yourself the kill.
Bob is camping the copy machine today. He must have a large report. I've camped this post for 20 minutes and still no replies to my thread. Betty is so cool. I constantly camp her posts just to see what she says. I like the game, but there are too many lamers who camp all the spawns.
Wikipedia
Câmp
Câmp may refer to several places in Romania:
- Câmp, a village in the town of Vașcău, Bihor County
- Câmp, a village in Urmeniș Commune, Bistrița-Năsăud County
- Câmp (river), a tributary of the Uz in Bacău County
Examples of use of Camp
1. "I‘m camp, but not that camp!" I‘d say he‘s much more canny than he is camp.
2. The camp is 345 km away from Jungle Pir Alizai camp and 675 km from Girdi Jungle camp.
3. Ashley Seager Thursday November 17, 2005 The Guardian Forget boot camp, brat camp or, for that matter, scout camp.
4. The modern camp is specialized and short–term; the modern camper spends a week at tennis camp and a week at computer camp, a week at baseball camp and a week at art camp.
5. I know children this summer who are going to horseback–riding camp, rafting camp, caving camp, science camp and something called "rock star day jam camp" –– and that‘s just two kids (not mine!) for part of the summer.