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boot camp

noun

, U.S. Navy, Marines.
  1. a camp for training recruits.


boot camp

noun

  1. slang.
    a basic training camp for new recruits to the US Navy or Marine Corps
  2. a centre for juvenile offenders, with a strict disciplinary regime, hard physical exercise, and community labour programmes


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Word History and Origins

Origin of boot camp1

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

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Example Sentences

And Beyonce's dad is offering a "boot camp" on how to be Beyonce.

How about if you flunked out of boot camp in your second week?

After that he decided he needed to “give this a serious chance, so I gave myself what I called at the time soccer boot camp.”

The boot camp program is five nights and available anytime from April to November.

Yeah, I was going through boot camp and then had to study Shakespeare.

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