[kamp] Pronunciation Key | 1. | a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter. |
| 2. | such tents or shelters collectively: The regiment transported its camp in trucks. |
| 3. | the persons so sheltered: The camp slept through the storm. |
| 4. | the act of camping out: Camp is far more pleasant in summer than in winter. |
| 5. | any temporary structure, as a tent or cabin, used on an outing or vacation. |
| 6. | a group of troops, workers, etc., camping and moving together. |
| 7. | army life. |
| 8. | a group of people favoring the same ideals, doctrines, etc.: Most American voters are divided into two camps, Republicans and Democrats. |
| 9. | any position in which ideals, doctrines, etc., are strongly entrenched: After considering the other side's argument, he changed camps. |
| 10. | a recreation area in the country, equipped with extensive facilities for sports. |
| 11. | day camp. |
| 12. | summer camp. |
| 13. | to establish or pitch a camp: The army camped in the valley. |
| 14. | to live temporarily in or as if in a camp or outdoors, usually for recreation (often fol. by out): They camped by the stream for a week. |
| 15. | to reside or lodge somewhere temporarily or irregularly, esp. in an apartment, room, etc.: They camped in our apartment whenever they came to town. |
| 16. | to settle down securely and comfortably; become ensconced: The kids camped on our porch until the rain stopped. |
| 17. | to take up a position stubbornly: They camped in front of the president's office. |
| 18. | to put or station (troops) in a camp; shelter. |
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[kamp] Pronunciation Key | 1. | something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, self-consciously artificial and extravagant, or teasingly ingenuous and sentimental. |
| 2. | a person who adopts a teasing, theatrical manner, esp. for the amusement of others. |
| 3. | Also, camp it up. to speak or behave in a coquettishly playful or extravagantly theatrical manner. |
| 4. | campy: camp Hollywood musicals of the 1940s. |
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[kamp] Pronunciation Key | Walter Chaun·cey
[chawn-see, chahn-] Pronunciation Key, 1859–1925, U.S. football coach and author. |
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| camp 1
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n.
v. camped, camp·ing, camps v. intr.
v. tr. To shelter or lodge in a camp; encamp: They camped themselves by a river. [Obsolete French, perhaps from Italian or Spanish campo, all from Latin campus, field.] |
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| camp 2
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n.
adj. Having deliberately artificial, vulgar, banal, or affectedly humorous qualities or style: played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect. v. camped, camp·ing, camps v. intr. To act in a deliberately artificial, vulgar, or banal way. v. tr. To give a deliberately artificial, vulgar, or banal quality to: camped up their cowboy costumes with chaps, tin stars, and ten-gallon hats. [Origin unknown.] camp'y adj. |
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| Camp
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American football coach and promoter who developed many of the sport's basic rules. |
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| camp | |
adjective | |
| 1. | 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" |
noun | |
| 1. | temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling" |
| 2. | a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake" |
| 3. | temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas" |
| 4. | an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: clique] |
| 5. | a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners" |
| 6. | something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the living room was pure camp" |
| 7. | shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs |
| 8. | 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" |
verb | |
| 1. | 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" |
| 2. | establish or set up a camp |
| 3. | give an artificially banal or sexual quality to |
camp
In addition to the idioms beginning with camp, also see break camp; foot in both camps; happy camper.
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Camp Sherman, OR Zip code(s): 97730
Camp Wood, TX (city, FIPS 12388) Location: 29.66886 N, 100.01130 W
Population (1990): 595 (271 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 78833
Camp Verde, TX Zip code(s): 78010
Camp Verde, AZ (town, FIPS 9690) Location: 34.56965 N, 111.85619 W
Population (1990): 6243 (2839 housing units)
Area: 110.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 86322
Camp Point, IL (village, FIPS 10877) Location: 40.03805 N, 91.06663 W
Population (1990): 1230 (505 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62320
Camp Lejeune, NC Zip code(s): 28542
Camp Hill, AL (town, FIPS 11680) Location: 32.80012 N, 85.65333 W
Population (1990): 1415 (599 housing units)
Area: 23.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 36850
Camp Dix, KY Zip code(s): 41127
Camp Dennison, OH Zip code(s): 45111
Camp Creek, WV Zip code(s): 25820
Camp Douglas, WI (village, FIPS 12350) Location: 43.91891 N, 90.26891 W
Population (1990): 512 (242 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Camp Swift, TX (CDP, FIPS 12334) Location: 30.19065 N, 97.29205 W
Population (1990): 2681 (821 housing units)
Area: 30.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Camp Springs, MD (CDP, FIPS 12600) Location: 38.80355 N, 76.92076 W
Population (1990): 16392 (5676 housing units)
Area: 18.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Camp Crook, SD (town, FIPS 9260) Location: 45.54973 N, 103.97482 W
Population (1990): 146 (55 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Camp Lake, WI (CDP, FIPS 12400) Location: 42.53075 N, 88.14591 W
Population (1990): 2291 (1160 housing units)
Area: 11.6 sq km (land), 2.4 sq km (water)
Camp Hill, PA (borough, FIPS 11000) Location: 40.24250 N, 76.92678 W
Population (1990): 7831 (3589 housing units)
Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Camp Forsyth, KS (CDP, FIPS 10175) Location: 39.06336 N, 96.82438 W
Population (1990): 1967 (458 housing units)
Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Camp County, TX (county, FIPS 63) Location: 32.97304 N, 94.97887 W
Population (1990): 9904 (4530 housing units)
Area: 511.6 sq km (land), 14.7 sq km (water)
Camp Joseph T Ro, AR Zip code(s): 72118
Camp Lejeune Central, NC (CDP, FIPS 9920) Location: 34.69580 N, 77.36647 W
Population (1990): 36716 (4175 housing units)
Area: 50.7 sq km (land), 20.9 sq km (water)
Camp Pendleton North, CA (CDP, FIPS 10559) Location: 33.31400 N, 117.31455 W
Population (1990): 10373 (1496 housing units)
Area: 23.4 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Camp Pendleton South, CA (CDP, FIPS 10564) Location: 33.23331 N, 117.37355 W
Population (1990): 11299 (2176 housing units)
Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Camp, AR Zip code(s): 72520
Fort Riley-Camp Whiteside, KS (CDP, FIPS 23980) Location: 39.08476 N, 96.77108 W
Population (1990): 112 (17 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Rock Camp, OH Zip code(s): 45675
Snow Camp, NC Zip code(s): 27349
Happy Camp, CA Zip code(s): 96039
French Camp, MS (village, FIPS 26020) Location: 33.29209 N, 89.39848 W
Population (1990): 320 (79 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 39745
French Camp, CA (CDP, FIPS 26028) Location: 37.88282 N, 121.27873 W
Population (1990): 3018 (543 housing units)
Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 95231
Potts Camp, MS (town, FIPS 59720) Location: 34.64825 N, 89.30690 W
Population (1990): 483 (208 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 38659
Fish Camp, CA Zip code(s): 93623
Cole Camp, MO (city, FIPS 15436) Location: 38.45948 N, 93.20547 W
Population (1990): 1054 (513 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65325
Chinese Camp, CA Zip code(s): 95309
Angels Camp, CA Zip code(s): 95222
Boons Camp, KY Zip code(s): 41204
Green Camp, OH (village, FIPS 31948) Location: 40.53283 N, 83.20797 W
Population (1990): 393 (157 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Belle Glade Camp, FL (CDP, FIPS 5225) Location: 26.65728 N, 80.68293 W
Population (1990): 1616 (427 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Whitestone Logging Camp, AK (CDP, FIPS 84200) Location: 58.07125 N, 135.42985 W
Population (1990): 164 (50 housing units)
Area: 21.3 sq km (land), 4.3 sq km (water)
Camp
Camp\, n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field; akin to Gr. ? garden. Cf. Campaing, Champ, n.]1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shzk. 2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner. Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W. Irving. 3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp. 4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc. The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. --Macaulay. 5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie. [Prov. Eng.] 6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See champion.] An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. --Halliwell. Camp bedstead, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. camp ceiling (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. Camp chair, a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet. Camp fever, typhus fever. Camp follower, a civilian accompanying an army, as a sutler, servant, etc. Camp meeting, a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It usually last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. Camp stool, the same as camp chair, except that the stool has no back. Flying camp (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow. To pitch (a) camp, to set up the tents or huts of a camp. To strike camp, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
Camp
Camp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Camped; p. pr. & vb n. Camping.] To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers. Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. --Shak.
Camp
Camp\, v. i. 1. To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out. They camped out at night, under the stars. --W. Irving. 2. [See Camp, n., 6] To play the game called camp. [Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
Camp
During their journeys across the wilderness, the twelve tribes formed encampments at the different places where they halted (Ex. 16:13; Num. 2:3). The diagram here given shows the position of the different tribes and the form of the encampment during the wanderings, according to Num. 1:53; 2:2-31; 3:29, 35, 38; 10:13-28. The area of the camp would be in all about 3 square miles. After the Hebrews entered Palestine, the camps then spoken of were exclusively warlike (Josh. 11:5, 7; Judg. 5:19, 21; 7:1; 1 Sam. 29:1; 30:9, etc.).
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