camp
adjective
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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
noun
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers“Wherever they went in the camp the soldiers were grumbling.”encampment
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temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers“level ground is best for parking and camp areas”
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a penal institution, often for forced labor“North Korea has many camps for political prisoners.”
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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”summer camp
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shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefsrefugee camp
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something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality“the living room was pure camp”
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an exclusive circle of people with a common purposepackcliquecoterieingroupinner circle
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a group of people living together in a camp“The whole camp laughed at their mistake.”
verb
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to give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
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to establish or set up a camp“We camped when we couldn't walk any further.”camp down
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to live in or as if in a tent“Can we go camping again this summer?”bivouactentencampcamp out