camping

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of camp

noun

1. (uncountable)The recreational or educational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation.

   “Camping is a favorite summer activity.”

   “to foreclose the possibility completely. she packed the footwell of the passenger seat with her duffel bag and camping gear and buckled a stack of seed trays on to the seat.”

2. (countable)The act of setting up a camp.

   “In some quarters, indeed, it was different — the troops bivouacked in many places. It was a strange and an unpleasing sight to see these campings in the heart of a city, yet it was picturesque in the extreme.”