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camp

1  [kamp]
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–noun
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.
–verb (used without object)
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.
–verb (used with object)
18. to put or station (troops) in a camp; shelter.
Origin:
1520–30; < MF can, camp, orig. dial. (Normandy, Picardy) or < OPr < It campo < L campus field; cf. OE campe, compe battle, battlefield (c. G Kampf struggle) < Gmc < L
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camp

2  [kamp]
–noun
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.
–verb (used without object)
3. Also, camp it up. to speak or behave in a coquettishly playful or extravagantly theatrical manner.
–adjective
4. campy: camp Hollywood musicals of the 1940s.
Origin:
1905–10; perh. dial. camp impetuous, uncouth person (see kemp 1 ); hence, slightly objectionable, effeminate, homosexual; in some senses prob. special use of camp 1 brothel, meeting place of male homosexuals

Camp

  [kamp]
–noun
Walter Chaun⋅cey  [chawn-see, chahn-] , 1859–1925, U.S. football coach and author.

cAMP

  [kamp]
–noun Biochemistry.
cyclic AMP.

cyclic AMP

 
–noun Biochemistry.
a cyclic anhydride of adenosine monophosphate formed from adenosine triphosphate by the action of adenylate cyclase: in cellular metabolism, it acts as an intracellular amplifier or second messenger of signals derived from hormones or neurotransmitters.
Also called cAMP, adenosine cyclic monophosphate.

Origin:
1965–70
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camp 1   (kāmp)   
n.  

    1. A place where tents, huts, or other temporary shelters are set up, as by soldiers, nomads, or travelers.

    2. A cabin or shelter or group of such buildings: gathered branches and grasses for a makeshift camp; had a fishing camp in Vermont.

    3. The people using such shelters: a howl that awakened the whole camp.

    4. A place in the country that offers simple group accommodations and organized recreation or instruction, as for vacationing children: a girls' summer camp; a tennis camp.

    5. Sports A place where athletes engage in intensive training, especially preseason training.

    6. The people attending the programs at such a place.

    1. A place in the country that offers simple group accommodations and organized recreation or instruction, as for vacationing children: a girls' summer camp; a tennis camp.

    2. Sports A place where athletes engage in intensive training, especially preseason training.

    3. The people attending the programs at such a place.

  3. Military service; army life.

  4. A group of people who think alike or share a cause; side: The council members disagreed, falling into liberal and conservative camps.

v.   camped, camp·ing, camps

v.   intr.

  1. To make or set up a camp.

  2. To live in or as if in a camp; settle: We camped in the apartment until the furniture arrived.

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.]
camp 2   (kāmp)   
n.  

  1. An affectation or appreciation of manners and tastes commonly thought to be artificial, vulgar, or banal.

  2. Banality, vulgarity, or artificiality when deliberately affected or when appreciated for its humor: "Camp is popularity plus vulgarity plus innocence" (Indra Jahalani).

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.
Camp   (kāmp)   
American football coach and promoter who developed many of the sport's basic rules.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
camp

  1. n.
    something cute and out of fashion; something of such an anachronistic style as to be intriguing. : Nobody really knows what style camp really is, and very few even care.
  2. mod.
    and campy. overdone; out of fashion and intriguing. : Most camp entertainment is pretentious and overdrawn.
  3. mod.
    having to do with homosexual persons and matters. : She is so camp, I could scream!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

camp  (1)
O.E. camp "contest," from W.Gmc. *kampo-z, early loan from L. campus "open field" (see campus), especially "open space for military exercise." Meaning "place where an army lodges temporarily" is 1528, from Fr. camp, from the same L. source. Transferred to non-military senses 1560. Meaning "body of adherents of a doctrine or cause" is 1871. The verb meaning "to encamp" is from 1543. Camp-follower first attested 1810. Camp-meeting is from 1809, usually in reference to Methodists.

camp  (2)
"tasteless," 1909, homosexual slang, perhaps from mid-17c. Fr. camper "to portray, pose" (as in se camper "put oneself in a bold, provocative pose"); popularized 1964 by Susan Sontag's essay "Notes on Camp."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cAMP
Function: abbreviation
cyclic AMP

Main Entry: cyclic AMP
Function: noun
: a cyclic mononucleotide of adenosine that is formed from ATP and is responsible for the intracellular mediation of hormonaleffects on various cellular processes (as lipid metabolism, membrane transport, and cell proliferation) —abbreviation cAMP; called also adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

cAMP abbr.
cyclic AMP

cyclic AMP n.
Abbr. cAMP
A cyclic nucleotide of adenosine that acts at the cellular level as a regulator of various metabolic processes. Also called adenosine 3',5'-cyclic phosphate.

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Bible Dictionary

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.).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

camp

In addition to the idioms beginning with camp, also see break camp; foot in both camps; happy camper.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
cAMP
cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CAMP

  1. continuous air monitoring program

  2. cyclophosphamide doxorubicin methotrexate procarbazine

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Encyclopedia

camp

in military service, an area for temporary or semipermanent sheltering of troops. In most usage the word camp signifies an installation more elaborate and durable than a bivouac but less so than a fort or billet

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