Associations to the word «Camp»

CAMP, noun. (archaic) Conflict; battle.

CAMP, noun. An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.

CAMP, noun. An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.

CAMP, noun. A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.

CAMP, noun. A single hut or shelter.

CAMP, noun. The company or body of persons encamped.

CAMP, noun. A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.

CAMP, noun. (uncommon) Campus

CAMP, noun. (informal) A summer camp.

CAMP, noun. (agriculture) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; called also burrow and pie.

CAMP, noun. (UK) (obsolete) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.

CAMP, verb. (intransitive) (now) (chiefly dialectal) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.

CAMP, verb. (intransitive) (now) (chiefly dialectal) To wrangle; argue.

CAMP, verb. To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.

CAMP, verb. To set up a camp.

CAMP, verb. (transitive) To afford rest or lodging for.

CAMP, verb. (video games) To stay in an advantageous location in a video game, such as next to a power-up's spawning point or in order to guard an area.

CAMP, adjective. Of or related to a camp.

CAMP, noun. An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.

CAMP, adjective. Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.

CAMP, adjective. (of a man) Ostentatiously effeminate.

CAMP, adjective. Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.

CAMP, proper noun. A diminutive of the   male given name Campbell.

CAMP BED, noun. A cot; a lightweight portable bed used by the military, campers etc.

CAMP BEDS, noun. Plural of camp bed

CAMP CUPCAKE, proper noun. (slang) (derogatory) Any low-security prison.

CAMP FEVER, noun. Typhus.

CAMP FOLLOWER, noun. A civilian who works for a military organization, often a prostitute.

CAMP FOLLOWER, noun. A hanger-on.

CAMP FOLLOWERS, noun. Plural of camp follower

CAMP IT UP, verb. To perform a play in an exaggerated or affected manner.

CAMP IT UP, verb. To behave in a camp or effeminate way.

CAMP OUT, verb. (intransitive) To sleep outdoors, often in a tent.

CAMP ROBBER, noun. (US) The gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis.

CAMP ROBBERS, noun. Plural of camp robber

CAMP, noun. Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling".

CAMP, noun. A group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake".

CAMP, noun. Temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas".

CAMP, noun. An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose.

CAMP, noun. A penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners".

CAMP, noun. Something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the living room was pure camp".

CAMP, noun. Shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs.

CAMP, noun. 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".

CAMP, verb. 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".

CAMP, verb. Establish or set up a camp.

CAMP, verb. Give an artificially banal or sexual quality to.

CAMP, adjective. 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".