camper
Pluralcampers
Pluralcampers
- 1Someone who sleeps outdoors in a tent or simple shelter, usually for fun.
Each camper pitched a tent near the lake before dark.
The campers cooked their dinner over an open fire.
- 2
- 3In a video game, a player who hides in one spot to guard something or attack others.
Like someone who hides behind a door to surprise whoever comes through.
Other players complained about the camper hiding near the exit.
A camper waited by the doorway to shoot anyone who walked in.
Note
- 4Comparative form of camp. Use this to say something is more camp than another thing.
This show is much camper than the old one.
Her outfit looked camper than anything else at the party.
Note
Showing meanings only.
camper is a form of camp
camp, adjective: Done in a way that is over-the-top and tasteless on purpose, almost making fun of itself. Full entry
- Spelling
- camp → camper: add -er
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Origins
From the verb "camp" plus "-er".
From the adjective "camp" plus "-er".