camp2 /kaelig;mp/, adj.
1. exaggerated and often amusing or effeminate in style.
2. effeminate; given to acting and speaking with exaggerated mannerisms.
3. homosexual.
4. camp as a row of tents, Colloq. ostentatiously homosexual.
--n. 5. an exaggerated, often amusing or effeminate style, mannerism, or the like.
6. a person or his work displaying this quality.
--v.i. 7. to act in a camp manner.
8. to be a homosexual.
--v.t. 9. to perform or imbue (something) with a camp quality: he camped up his performance of Othello.
10. camp it up, a. to make an ostentatious or affected display. b. to flaunt homosexuality.
[F se camper to posture, behave in an exaggerated manner]