uncamp

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verb

To break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp.

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Meanings

uncamp1

verbuncamp (third-person singular simple present uncamps, present participle uncamping, simple past and past participle uncamped)

present singular third person uncamps · participle present uncamping · participle past uncamped · past uncamped

  1. transitiveTo break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp.

    If they could but now uncamp their enemies […]

    1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC
  2. intransitiveTo pack up, and leave a camp

uncamp2

adjectiveuncamp (comparative more uncamp, superlative most uncamp)

comparative more uncamp · superlative most uncamp

  1. Not camp.

    As I write, big changes are in the offing for this long-established, uncamp, uncomplicated gay local.

    2000, Edward Sullivan, Evening Standard London Pub Bar Guide 1999

Origin

uncamp · verb

From un- (reversive prefix) + camp.

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uncamp · adjective

From un- (not) + camp (“effeminate”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

uncamp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncamp

MLA

“uncamp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncamp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncamp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncamp.

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