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(adj) campy
providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect; campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's
(noun) cantonment, encampment, bivouac
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
(noun) summer camp
a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
city kids get to see the country at a summer camp
(noun) refugee camp
shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
(noun) clique, pack, coterie, ingroup, inner circle
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
(verb) camp down
establish or set up a camp
(verb) bivouac, camp out, tent, encamp
live in or as if in a tent
Can we go camping again this summer?; The circus tented near the town; The houseguests had to camp in the living room