camp
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
The verb is from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), .
Noun
(
en noun)
(label) Conflict; battle.
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.
* Macaulay
- The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight.
A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
(uncommon) campus
(informal) A summer camp.
(agriculture) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; called also burrow and pie.
(UK, obsolete) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
- (Halliwell)
Verb
(
en verb)
To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.
To wrangle; argue.
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.
* Shakespeare
- Had our great palace the capacity / To camp this host, we all would sup together.
(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.
- The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.
- Go and camp the flag for the win.
Derived terms
* (l)
Adjective
(-)
of or related to a camp
Derived terms
* camper
* campness
* campfire
* camp site, campsite
* campstead, campsteading
* campground
* campestral
* concentration camp
* death camp
* extermination camp
* fat camp
* spawn camping
* summer camp
Related terms
* campus
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Etymology 2
Believed to be from Polari, otherwise obscure.[listed in the Oxford English Dictionary'', second edition (1989)] Suggested origins include the 17th century French word ''camper'', 'to put oneself in a pose',[Douglas Harper, ]"camp (adj.)"] in: ''Etymonline.com - Online Etymology Dictionary'', 2001ff
an assumed dialectal English word ''camp'' or ''kemp'' meaning 'rough' or 'uncouth' and a derivation from ''camp'' (n.)[Micheal Quinion, [http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cam1.htm "Camp" in: ''World Wide Words ], 2003
Noun
(-)
An affected]], [[exaggerate, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.
Adjective
(er)
Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
(of a, man) Ostentatiously effeminate.
Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.
Derived Terms
* camp it up
* campy
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