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Noun
Definition: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
Definition: a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"
Definition: temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"
Definition: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
Definition: a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners"
Definition: something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the living room was pure camp"
Definition: shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
Definition: 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"
Definition: An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
Definition: An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.
Definition: Initialism of cyclic AMP.
Verb
Definition: 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"
Definition: give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
Definition: To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
Adjective
Definition: 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"
Definition: Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.