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camp

English

🔊 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”
🔊 temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
“wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling”
🔊 temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
“level ground is best for parking and camp areas”
🔊 a penal institution (often for forced labor)
“China has many camps for political prisoners”
🔊 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”
🔊 shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
🔊 something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
“the living room was pure camp”
🔊 a group of people living together in a camp
“the whole camp laughed at his mistake”
🔊 an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
🔊 give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
🔊 establish or set up a camp
🔊 live in or as if in a tent
“Can we go camping again this summer?”