"camp it up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: camps it up [present, singular, third-person], camping it up [participle, present], camped it up [participle, past], camped it up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} camp it up (third-person singular simple present camps it up, present participle camping it up, simple past and past participle camped it up)
  1. (informal) To act a part in an exaggerated or affected manner. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-camp_it_up-en-verb--NP~1s3q
  2. (informal) To behave in a camp or effeminate way. Tags: informal Related terms: camped-up
    Sense id: en-camp_it_up-en-verb-HFln8s6X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 30 70

Inflected forms

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