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Definition: Camping |
CampingNoun1. The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "camping" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Living outdoors as a recreational activity. (references) |
Slang | Verb. Source: The act of camping. Definition: When customers stay at a table for an usually long time. Usually they have finished eating, but continue to sit, talk, hang around, etc. Context: Used quietly to other waitresses so the customer won't overhear. Social Source: Waitresses. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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Camping refers to a variety of activities:
- The recreational activity camping
- The video game jargon term camping
- The military activity camping
- The camp site where athlets stay for a short time or engage in training
- In politics or ideological activities, people take a certain side. e.g. liberal camp or conservative camp; see camp article for this usage.
- Camping is a team ball game played in Mediaeval England, a forerunner of football; see [1]
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Camping."
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Camping is computer gaming jargon for the practice in first-person shooters of residing in a location that gives the player clear advantage over other players. The position is normally hidden from casual view and is used to ambush or carry out sniper attacks on other players.In fast-paced games like Quake or Unreal Tournament, this is often regarded as an annoying and unsporting practice. In more tactical team-based games (for example, Counter-Strike) this does not apply, because ambushing is often a necessary part of the game.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Camping (computer gaming)."
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Camping is most commonly defined as an outdoor recreational activity involving the spending of one or more nights in a tent or recreational vehicle at a campsite with the purpose of getting away from civilization and enjoying nature. Camping describes a whole range of activity, from survivalist campers who set off with little more than their boots to those who arrive in large recreational vehicles equipped with their own electricity, heat, and patio furniture. Camping may be referred to colloquially as roughing it.
The term camping may also be used for those who live outdoors out of necessity (as in the case of homeless people) or for people waiting in very long lines (queues). It does not, however, apply to the lifestyle of societies whose technology does not include sophisticated dwellings.
Camping as a recreational activity did not become popular until the early 20th century. It was (and is) a response to the increasing urbanization and isolation of Western society. Camping is often associated with a sense of nostalgia or of romanticism for 'the times of our fathers'. It simultaneously evokes images of 'oneness with nature' and 'man against nature' - independence and self-sufficiency.
Camping may be an end unto itself, but often it is in conjunction with other activities, such as hiking, swimming or fishing. (It may be combined with hiking either as backpacking or as a series of day hikes from a central location.)
National parks and other natural areas of interest are popular venues for camping. Most campers prefer to use campsites with special facilities such as fire rings, bathrooms and utilities. (For more on facilities, see the campsite article.) Indeed, camping is often restricted by law to designated sites in order to prevent campers from damaging the environment, but not all campsite offer similar levels of development.
Some campers may prepare food by cooking on a campfire, sometimes using such equipment as a Dutch oven.
Common tent camping equipment includes:
See also: camping (disambiguation)
- A tent, lean-to or other shelter device
- A sleeping bag for warmth
- A sleeping pad or air mattress is often placed underneath the sleeping bag for cushioning against sticks, small rocks, and other pointed objects
- A portable stove to prepare hot meals and/or drinks where campfires are not allowed or impractical
- A lantern or flashlight
- A hatchet, hand axe or saw for cutting firewood (where allowed; see campfire)
- Rope
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Camping (recreation)."
Synonyms: CampingSynonyms: bivouacking (n), encampment (n), tenting (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Camping |
| English words defined with "camping": allocate, apportion ♦ bivouac ♦ camp, camp out, camper, camping bus, carry ♦ daringly, dude ranch ♦ encamp ♦ motor home ♦ prefer ♦ recreational vehicle, RV ♦ tent, transport ♦ woodcraft. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "camping": area supervisor ♦ Camp, COUNSELOR, CAMP ♦ DISTRICT ADVISER, district director, DUDE WRANGLER ♦ FIRE RANGER, FOREST WORKER ♦ GUIDE, ALPINE ♦ MANAGER, DUDE RANCH ♦ PARK AIDE, park technician ♦ ranger aide, RECREATION LEADER, recreation specialist, RECREATION SUPERVISOR ♦ TEACHER, ADVENTURE EDUCATION, TOURIST-INFORMATION ASSISTANT ♦ ZIPPER SETTER. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Camping" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (camping ground, camping site), Dutch (camping ground, camping site), French (camping, site), German (camping), Indonesian (in rags, in tatters), Provencal (camping), Romanian (camping), Spanish (camp, camping, camping ground, camping site), Swedish (camping). |
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Screenplays | Oh I can't complain Mom, I'm camping out with a convicted criminal. (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders) I like camping. Camping is something nice, normal people do, when they want to do something nice and normal (Strange Luck; writing credit: Cathryn Michon; Karl Schaefer) Let me get this straight: you think I'm evil if I take a group of teenage girls on a camping trip and I don't touch them (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I even sleep out under the stars whenever I can. Camping trips and things like that (Midnight Lace; writing credit: Janet Green; Ivan Goff) We used them as pillows when we went camping. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Carry On Camping (1969) Camping Gas (1969) The Pleasures of Camping (1912) Camping Out (1912) | |
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 | Pier erected by camping party at Mist Harbor Used to offload fuel for launches Party off of C&GS Ship PATTERSON. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Camping between two fires without bedding These guys were tough Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Camping in the bush. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | People having fun at the camping and picnic area of Lake Icaria in the Walters Creek Watershed project in Adams County. Credit: Gene Alexander. |
 | Jose Pagan and Dan Wallace inspect an outdoor camping shelter on the Sandy Creek Park PL-566 multi-use development project. RC&D assisted in this project. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |  | Outdoor camping shelter on the Sandy Creek Park PL-566 multi-use development project. RC&D assisted in this project. Location: Georgia. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |
 | Conservation of our natural resources ensures that future generations will be able to witness the wonders of nature first hand. Camping in Arkansas. Credit: Robert G. Price. |  | Mther and daughter tend their campfire a Two Lakes camping ground on the Chequamegon National Forest, MN. Credit: USDA. |
 | Camping along the Gulkana NWSR. Credit: Edward Bovy. |  | Canoeists camping at picnic table, Delta River Wayside, Alaska. Credit: James Thomson. |
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| "Camping - Toronto 3" by George Shemtov Commentary: "Camping - Toronto." | "Camping 2" by Ibon San Martin Commentary: "One day in the mountains." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Cooking for the night was over, but the coals of the campfires still glowed on the ground by the camping places |
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Health | Sean is 11 years old. He was camping with his class at the Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia. (references) | |
Their programs also include therapy, counseling, training, social clubs, camping, transportation, and referrals. (references) | ||
And last but not least, do not play with or handle any rodents that show up at the camping or hiking site, even if they appear friendly. (references) | ||
Minorities | Switzerland | Roma complaints included their exclusion from more camping sites, which do not allow or which limit the number of Roma allowed on the site. (references) |
Political Economy | Vietnam | However, on at least four occasions, police in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) prevented demonstrators from camping out on a sidewalk to stage a sit-in, but on one occasion, they allowed a group of protesters to march down city streets for a 2-day period. (references) |
Travel | Kenya | Camping alone is always risky. (references) |
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Cary Goldstein | The only thing I do know is that we have been telling the police, Marge in particular told the police, about a botched attempt that Bonny had told us about, when Caldwell, Blake and Bonny were out in the desert camping. |
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| "Camping" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 63.91% of the time. "Camping" is used about 266 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 63.91% | 170 | 23,898 |
| Noun (singular) | 17.29% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Noun (proper) | 9.4% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 8.65% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (common) | 0.75% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 266 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "camping": camping area ♦ camping bus ♦ camping car ♦ camping equipment ♦ camping gas ♦ camping ground ♦ camping site ♦ camping stove ♦ camping trailer ♦ camping van. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "camping": camping-gas, camping-place, camping-shop, camping-stove, camping-stoves. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
camping | 21,036 | camping water filter | 525 |
camping tent | 9,223 | ohio camping | 522 |
camping gear | 8,760 | yosemite camping | 456 |
camping equipment | 7,002 | outdoor camping | 454 |
camping trip | 4,220 | camping checklist | 437 |
oregon camping | 3,216 | camping list | 418 |
california camping | 2,484 | rv camping | 417 |
alaska camping | 2,239 | family camping | 387 |
camping food | 1,963 | maine camping | 383 |
camping world | 1,958 | minnesota camping | 368 |
camping site | 1,758 | florida camping | 363 |
camping supply | 1,339 | camping accessory | 351 |
colorado camping | 1,293 | virginia camping | 335 |
camping stove | 1,076 | camping quebec | 331 |
camping recipe | 1,060 | texas camping | 315 |
camping trailer | 951 | indiana camping | 307 |
michigan camping | 766 | illinois camping | 302 |
utah camping | 661 | new york camping | 300 |
wisconsin camping | 641 | camping chair | 297 |
ontario camping | 581 | arizona camping | 288 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "camping"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | kampeerterrein (camping ground, camping site), kamp (camp of tents, camping ground, camping site, tented, tented camp). (various references) | |
Albanian | kampim (camp). (various references) | |
Arabic | تخييم (encampment), عسكرة (encampment), ذو علاقة بالمخيمات. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | къмпинг, живея на палатка. (various references) | |
Cebuano | kamping. (various references) | |
Chamorro | man kampo. (various references) | |
Chinese | 野营 (Camped). (various references) | |
Czech | táboření, stanování, kempování. (various references) | |
Danish | campingvogn (camping caravan), campingtilladelse (camping authorization), campingtelt (camping tent, tent), campinggasflaske (camping cylinder), camping (camping ground, camping site), selvkoerende motorkoeretoej til beboelse (camping-car, motorcaravan), motorcampingvogn (camping-car, motorcaravan), luftmaerke (camping mattress), luftmadras (camping mattress), lejrudstyr (camping goods), autohome (camping-car, motorcaravan). (various references) | |
Dutch | camping (camping ground, camping site), Wet van 28-8-69 houdende regelen nopens de hygiene op en in kampeerplaatsen. (Camping Sites(Hygiene)Act), Wet hygiene kampeerplaatsen (Camping Sites(Hygiene)Act), natuurkampeerterrein (nature camping ground, nature camping site), luchtbed (air mattress, airbed), Kampeerwet (Camping Act), kampeervergunning (camping authorization), kampeerterrein (camping ground, camping site), kampeertent (tent), kampeerauto (camping-car, motorcaravan), kampeerartikelen (camping goods), kampeer-aanhangwagen (camping caravan), kamp (action, battle, camp of tents, camping ground, camping site, fight, scuffle, struggle, tented camp), gastankje voor kampeerdoeleinden (camping cylinder), forensen-kamperen (camping on permanent sites). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kampadejo (camping ground, camping site). (various references) | |
Faeroese | tjalding. (various references) | |
Finnish | leirintä, leirielämä. (various references) | |
French | camping. (various references) | |
Frisian | kampearjen. (various references) | |
German | camping, kampierend. (various references) | |
Greek | κατασκήνωση (camp, encampment). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מחנאות, קמפינג. (various references) | |
Hungarian | táborozás (bivouac, encampment, maroon), kempingezés. (various references) | |
Indonesian | mendirikan kemah, berkemah (bivouac, encamp). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | aulaaqtuq. (various references) | |
Italian | campeggio (camp, campground, camping site, campsite, store, warehouse). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 野営 (campground, making camp), 野宿 , 幕営 (camp), 屯営 (barracks, military camp), キャリア組 (base, calibration, camp, camp in, camp site, camper, camper-van, campfire, campus, campus shoes, campus wear, cancel, canceler, canceller, cancer, candle, candle service, candlestick, candy, cantaloupe, canter, canvas, career bureaucrats, carol, carriage, mobile home, model featured in an advertising campaign, RV). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ばくえい (camp), のじゅく, キャンピング , やえい (campground, encamping at night, making camp), とんえい (barracks, military camp). (various references) | |
Korean | 야영. (various references) | |
Macedonian | kampuvanje. (various references) | |
Manx | campal (camp, encamp, outspan). (various references) | |
Norwegian | leirplass (camping ground, camping site). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ampingcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | acampamento (camp, camp of tents, encampment, laager, tented camp). (various references) | |
Provencal | camping. (various references) | |
Romanian | camping, excursie (digression, dissertation, excursion, jaunt, outing, run, sightseeing trip, tour, trip), drumeţie (excursion, trip-making, wandering). (various references) | |
Russian | кемпинг (campsite). (various references) | |
Samoan | togalauapi. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kampovanje (camper out). (various references) | |
Spanish | camping (camp, camping ground, camping site), viaje por el campo, pasatiempo de camping, deporte de camping, acampada. (various references) | |
Sranan | kampu (camping ground, camping site). (various references) | |
Swedish | camping. (various references) | |
Turkish | kamping, kamp yapma, kamp (camp, encampment, hutment, training camp). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | табір (camp, cantonment, encampment), кепінкг, життя в таборі. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "camping": campings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "camping": decamping, encamping, scamping. (additional references) | |
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"Camping" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amping, Camlin, campagn, campaing, Campan, Campano, campen, campian, campina, Campine, Campione, campioni, campkin, campling, campon, capin, caping, Ciampino, comping, Kamsing, Pampanga. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "camping" (pronounced ka"mping) |
| 5 | -a" m p i ng | clamping, cramping, damping, lamping, ramping, revamping, stamping, tamping, tramping. |
| 4 | -m p i ng | antidumping, bumping, chomping, clumping, crimping, dumping, jumping, limping, lumping, pimping, pumping, romping, scrimping, skimping, slumping, stomping, stumping, swamping, thumping. |
| 3 | -p i ng | aping, backslapping, beeping, bleeping, bookkeeping, burping, capping, carping, Chipping, chirping, chopping, clapping, clipping, coping, copping, creeping, cropping, developing, dipping, draping, dripping, drooping, dropping, eavesdropping, enveloping, equipping, escaping, flapping, flipping, flopping, galloping, gaping, gasping, gossiping, grasping, griping, gripping, groping, grouping, gulping, handicapping, harping, heaping, helping, hoping, hopping, housekeeping, hyping, keeping, kidnaping, kidnapping, landscaping, lapping, leaping, lopping, mapping, moping, mopping, napping, nipping, outstripping, overlapping, overstepping, peacekeeping, peeping, piping, popping, prepping, propping, pulping, raping, rapping, reaping, recapping, recouping, regrouping, reshaping, ripping, roping, safekeeping, sapping, scalping, scooping, scoping, scraping, scrapping, seeping, shaping, shipping, shopping, sidestepping, sipping, skipping, slapping, sleeping, slipping, sloping, snapping, sniping, snooping, sopping, stepping, stereotyping, stooping, stopping, strapping, stripping, swapping, sweeping, swiping, swooping, taping, tapping, tipping, topping, trapping, tripping, trooping, typing, unwrapping, upping, usurping, videotaping, walloping, Wapping, warping, weeping, whipping, whooping, whopping, wiping, Wiretapping, worshipping, wrapping, zapping, zipping. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-m-n-p" | |
-1 letter: macing, pacing. | |
-2 letters: acing, amnic, aping, campi, gamic, gamin, magic, manic, panic. | |
-3 letters: agin, amin, cain, camp, gain, gamp, gimp, magi, main, mica, mina, nipa, pain, pang, pian, pica, pima, pina, ping. | |
-4 letters: aim, ain, ami, amp, ani, cam, can, cap, cig, gam, gan, gap, gin, gip, imp, mac, mag, man, map, mig, nag. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-i-m-n-p" | |
+1 letter: campaign, campings, champing, clamping, cramping, scamping. | |
+2 letters: campaigns, campusing, champaign, comparing, decamping, emplacing, encamping, impacting. | |
+3 letters: campaigned, campaigner, champaigns, champignon, compacting, companying, comparting, compassing, impeaching, megaphonic, misplacing, misspacing, mudcapping, pacemaking, scampering, unclamping. | |
+4 letters: campaigners, campaigning, carpogonium, champignons, championing, complaining, implicating, imprecating, meatpacking, mispatching, monographic, nomographic, pacemakings, peacemaking, phonogramic, pockmarking, proclaiming. | |
+5 letters: accompanying, camphorating, companioning, compensating, complicating, compurgation, dopaminergic, emancipating, encompassing, meatpackings, mispackaging, paramagnetic, peacemakings, phonogrammic. | |
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