camp

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"

a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"

temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"

an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners"

something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the living room was pure camp"

shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs

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"

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"

establish or set up a camp

give an artificially banal or sexual quality to

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"