camping Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
   encampment; bivouacking; tenting.
   
2. verb live in or as if in a tent
   bivouac; camp; encamp; camp out; tent.
   
   • Can we go camping again this summer?
   • The circus tented near the town
   • The houseguests had to camp in the living room
3. verb establish or set up a camp
   camp; camp down.
   
4. verb give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
   camp.
   

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