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camp⋅er

  [kam-per]
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–noun
1. a person who camps out for recreation, esp. in the wilderness.
2. a person who attends a summer camp or day camp.
3. Also called pickup camper, truck camper. a trucklike vehicle, van, or trailer that is fitted or suitable for recreational camping, or a pickup truck on which a structure fitted for camping is mounted.
–verb (used without object)
4. to travel and live in a vehicular camper: We're going to camper for two weeks during our vacation.
Origin:
1625–35; 1960–65 for def. 3; camp 1 + -er 1
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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
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camp·er   (kām'pər)   
n.  

  1. One that camps, such as a person lodging temporarily in a tent or cabin.

    1. A motor vehicle with space and equipment, either in a rear compartment or in an attached trailer, for sleeping and simple housekeeping, used for camping and recreational travel.

    2. The rear compartment or attached trailer of such a vehicle.

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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cAMP
Function: abbreviation
cyclic AMP
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Medical Dictionary

cAMP abbr.
cyclic AMP

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