Associations to the word «Camp»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats