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Etymology
Via Old French, ultimately from Latin campus.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-camp.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æmp|-æmp

Noun
en-noun

1. An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
2. An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
3. A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
4. A group of people with the same ideals or political leanings, strongly supported.
5. An affect|affected, exaggerate|exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.

Translations
trans-top|outdoor place
Czech: tábor m
Serbian: tabor, logor
Finnish: leiri
Hebrew: ��נ� (makhane') m
Hungarian: tábor
Slovak: tábor m
trans-mid
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trans-top|organized event
Czech: tábor m
Finnish: leiri
trans-mid
Spanish: campamento m
Hungarian: tábor
Slovak: tábor m
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trans-top|base
Czech: tábor m
Finnish: leiri
Hebrew: ��נ� (makhane') m
Hungarian: tábor
Slovak: tábor m
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trans-bottom

trans-top|group
Czech: tábor m
Finnish: leiri
Hebrew: ��נ� (makhane') m
trans-mid
Spanish: facción f, bando m
Hungarian: tábor
Slovak: tábor m
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trans-top|style
Finnish: #Finnish|camp
trans-mid
Spanish: amanerado
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Adjective
camp (compar camper, superl campest)

1. theatrical|Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
2. context|of a gay man Ostentatiously effeminate.
3. Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.

Translations
trans-top|theatrical
Czech: teatrální, afektovaný m
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trans-top|gay man
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trans-top|tasteless
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trans-top|related to a camp
Czech: táborový m
Finnish: leiri-
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Verb
en-verb

1. To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.

#:We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.

1. To stay in an advantageous location in a first-person shooter game, for example, next to a power-up or to guard an area.

#:The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.
#:Go and camp the flag for the win.

1. To behave in a camp manner.

#:Don't camp up your performance of Malvolio in Twelfth Night this time.

1. (gay slang) To troll for sexual partners.

#: Looks like he's going to camp for some hot bois tonight.

1. (gay slang) To chat up a guy in the hopes of getting him into bed.

#: You should camp that cute guy.

Translations
trans-top|to live in a tent
Czech: tábo�it, stanovat
Hebrew: ��נ�ת (lakhnot)
trans-mid
Russian: жи�� в пала�ке (git' v palatke)
Spanish: acampar
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trans-top|to stay in advantageous location
trans-mid
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trans-top|to behave in a camp manner
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trans-top|to troll
trans-mid
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trans-top|to chat up
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Related terms
camper
campness
campfire
camp site, campsite
campground
campestral

Old English

Etymology
Latin campus

Noun
camp m or n

1. combat

Noun
camp n

1. an enclosed piece of land

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