From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
camp adj 1: 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" [syn: camp, campy] n 1: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling" [syn: camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac] 2: a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake" 3: temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas" 4: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp] 5: a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners" 6: something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the living room was pure camp" 7: shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs [syn: camp, refugee camp] 8: 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" [syn: camp, summer camp] v 1: 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" [syn: camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent] 2: establish or set up a camp [syn: camp, camp down] 3: give an artificially banal or sexual quality to