| boot camp | |
| —n | |
| 1. | slang (US) 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 |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |