Meaning

3 senses
  1. Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.

  2. Ostentatiously flamboyant or effeminate.

    tuntig

  3. Intentionally tasteless or vulgar; self-parodying.

More definitions
  • providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities

Examples

1603 sentences
  1. This is a good place to camp.

    Це добре місце для кемпінгу. — deniko

    deHier ist ein guter Zeltplatz. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. The food at this camp is terrible.

    Їжа у цьому таборі жахлива. — deniko

  3. This looks like a good spot to set up camp.

    Це схоже на добре місце для табору. — deniko

    deDas hier sieht nach einem schönen Platz für ein Lager aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. We met at summer camp.

    Ми зустрілися в літньому таборі. — deniko

    ruМы встретились в летнем лагере. — sharptoothed

    deWir haben uns im Sommerlager kennengelernt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Let's go camping this coming weekend.

    Давайте підемо в похід на найближчих вихідних. — deniko

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ostentatiously effeminate:

Origin

Unknown. Suggested origins include the 17th century French word camper (“to put oneself in

Unknown. Suggested origins include the 17th century French word camper (“to put oneself in a pose”), an assumed dialectal English word *camp or *kemp (“rough, uncouth”) and a derivation from camp (n.) Believed to be from Polari, but otherwise obscure.

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Forms

camper, campest
Comparativecamper Lesson
Superlativecampest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
all senses:campycampish
Close in meaning
  • providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities:campy

Antonyms

2 antonyms
all senses:uncampuncampy

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • go camping
  • go camping with
  • to go camping
  • gone gone camping
  • camping next weekend
  • go camping next
  • camping this weekend
  • go camping together
  • camping trip
  • camping by himself
  • gone camping
  • camping next

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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