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PRONUNCIATION OF CAMP IT UP

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WHAT DOES CAMP IT UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of camp it up in the English dictionary

The definition of camp it up in the dictionary is to seek to focus attention on oneself by making an ostentatious display, overacting, etc. Other definition of camp it up is to flaunt one's homosexuality.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAMP IT UP

camp
Camp Bastion
camp bed
camp chair
camp counsellor
camp counselor
Camp David
camp follower
camp ground
camp meeting
camp oven
camp pie
camp site
camp stool
camp stove
camp-drafting
campagna
Campagna di Roma
campaign
campaign trail

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAMP IT UP

beat up
cut up
eat up
fit up
get up
keep it up
let up
light up
lit up
live it up
mix it up
put up
set up
shut up
sit up
split up
start up
straight up
wait up
whoop it up

Synonyms and antonyms of camp it up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «camp it up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAMP IT UP

Find out the translation of camp it up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of camp it up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «camp it up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

露营起来
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acampar para arriba
570 millions of speakers

English

camp it up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

यह शिविर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المخيم الامر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лагерь его
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acampar -lo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্যাম্প এটা আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

camper vers le haut
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Camp itu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zelten es
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

それをキャンプ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그것을 캠프
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kamp kasebut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cắm trại nó lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முகாம் அதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ते छावणीत ठेवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kamplaştır
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

campeggiare in su
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obóz go
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

табір його
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tabără l
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατασκηνώσουμε επάνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kampeer dit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

campa upp det
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leir den opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of camp it up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAMP IT UP»

The term «camp it up» is regularly used and occupies the 82.181 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAMP IT UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about camp it up

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAMP IT UP»

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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
192s Variants are 'camp around', 'camp about' and 'camp it up'. • Ooever seen such camping about and going ahead?— Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 26, 1962 • — Donald Webster Cory and John P. LeRoy, The ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Cf. camp it up, 1. camp as a row of tents, as. Extremely homosexual; also, very histrionic and affected in speech and gesture, manners and movements: c.p.: since ca. 1960. John Gardner, Madrigal, 1967, p. 155. camp and butch. See butch and ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
For example, She's only a camp follower so we can't count on herfor a contribution. camp it up Make an extravagant, affected, or vulgar display, as in Amateur actors often camp it up, trying to be more dramatic. Originating in the 1950s as slang ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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Researching Violence: Methodology and Measurement
Paul asked the following: 'What about camping it up or hutching it up? Do you camp it up or butch it up in different places?' The immediate responses distanced respondents from camp by emphasising 'hutching it up'. One of the members of ...
Raymond M. Lee, Elizabeth A Stanko, 2014
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Coming Out in College: The Struggle for a Queer Identity
He gets "pissed" at other gay students who do not like to hang out with Jerry and his friends when they camp it up. For Brandon, camp culture is a source of identity to which straights do not have access. He elaborated on camp culture and on ...
Robert A. Rhoads, 1994
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Shorter Slang Dictionary
See also camp it up. camp it up 1 to render unnecessarily effeminate the part one is playing; to overact, esp. to an outrageous degree. Theatrical slang. Since around 1935. 2 to exaggerate something to the point where it becomes almost too ...
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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Idioms and Phrases
Camp it up Behave in an affected (not natural) way For some unknown reason many people make it a habit to camp it up when taking part in an oratorical competition. Cap and bells Cap trimmed with bells In olden days, cap and bells was part ...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
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The Black Hole of the Camera: The Films of Andy Warhol
Ondine threatens to leave, Edie shouts, “Camp it up! Camp it up! . . . That's the whole point . . . just a laugh, just a joke . . . it doesn't mean a goddamn thing. That's your answer to the whole problem—camp it up!” Warhol answers, “Yeah, Edie.
J.J. Murphy, 2012
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Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in ...
A gay man's ability to “camp it up” in such desperate situations could be his last defense against hopelessness and even suicide. When Fred Thayer and his gay buddies who had been rounded up in Noumea were shipped back to the States,  ...
Allan Bérubé, 2010
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
2 said of a man: homosexual. 3 theatrical and exaggerated, especially amusingly so. o noun camp behaviour or style. o- verb (camped, camping) intr to behave in a camp way. • camp it up to behave in an exaggerated theatrical way; to overact ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAMP IT UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term camp it up is used in the context of the following news items.
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If it's summer time, then it must be time to pack the children off to a …
If you want them to do what all the other children are doing, it seems you have to camp it up for July and August. The upside is that they learn ... «Herald, Jul 15»
2
Elizabeth Berkley accepts the Showgirls she cannot change
... I'm going to camp it up and have a good time and still be good”— Showgirls' negative critical and commercial reception hit Elizabeth Berkley ... «A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, Jun 15»
3
Father John Misty, De La Warr Pavilion, Marina, Bexhill, Friday, June …
A towering presence, unabashedly handsome, and comfortable enough in his masculinity to camp it up and gyrate about, he acted out each ... «The Argus, Jun 15»
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'The Producers' at Olney Theatre Center
Camp it up with the comic free-for-all that is the Olney Theatre Center's take on Mel Brooks' Tony Award-winning musical The Producers. «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jun 15»
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Review: 'The Mystery of Irma Vep' a screaming success
... Edgar/Jane) and Curtis Jacobson (Lady Enid/Nicodemus) to camp it up even more than director Amy E. Sousa has encouraged them to do. «Port Townsend Leader, Jun 15»
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Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd camp it up in first 'Wet Hot …
Read original story Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd Camp It Up in First 'Wet Hot American Summer' Trailer (Video) At TheWrap. «Boston.com, Jun 15»
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This woman was asked to tone down her 'relentlessly gay' garden so …
This woman was asked to tone down her 'relentlessly gay' garden so she raised $30,000 to camp it up. PreviousNext. 19/06/2015 ... «BreakingNews.ie, Jun 15»
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These Two Words Explain Why Disney Is a Stock You Hold Forever
Marvel has consistently demanded good storytelling go along with spectacle, and takes superhero content seriously, and doesn't camp it up. «TheStreet.com, Jun 15»
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Camp it up with ABBA/Queen celebration
An ABBA tribute can be sparkly enough by itself, but this one adds a royal dose of Queen. The Portland Gay Men's Chorus will presents a ... «Longview Daily News, Jun 15»
10
Horror Movie Icon Christopher Lee Dies at 93
You helped lots of us young men get our arm around a pretty girl for the first time as we trembled watching you camp it up on the big screen in ... «CNY News, Jun 15»

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