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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: 
  • Spanish: amanerado
    (trans-bottom)
verb 
  1. To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
We're planning to 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 the double damage.
Go and the flag for the win.
  1. To behave in a camp manner.
Don't up your performance of Malvolio in Twelfth Night this time.
  1. (gay slang) To troll for sexual partners.
Looks like he's going to for some hot bois tonight.
  1. (gay slang) To chat up a guy in the hopes of getting him into bed.
You should that cute guy.
Translations: 
  • Spanish: acampar
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, to stay in advantageous location)
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, to behave in a camp manner)
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, to troll)
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, to chat up)
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom)
adjective ((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: 
    Etymology: Via Old French, ultimately from Latin campus.


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