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Phr V camp up camps, camping, camped camp it up informal to speak and move in an exaggerated and sometimes funny way that is intended to be noticed by othersThe best thing in the whole show was Steven Dykes, camping it up as the prince.
phrasecamp up camp it up BrE informal if an actor camps it up, he or she deliberately behaves in an extreme way in order to make people laugh: The best thing in the film is Alan Rickman, camping it up as the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. We all remember David Bowie camping it up as Ziggy Stardust.■ SIMILAR TO: ham it up informal
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