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bootcamp

bootcamp is the alternative form of boot camp.

Meaning of boot camp

Noun

boot camp (plural boot camps)

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial) An initial, basic indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for new recruits in the armed forces (army, Air Force, navy and Marine Corps).
    Synonyms:
    basic training
  2. (Canada, US) A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.
  3. (Canada, US, idiomatic) Any short, often intensive course of training.
    • We will institute a boot camp for training the sales force in these new products.

Forms of bootcamp

pluralbootcamps

Questions about bootcamp

What is bootcamp the alternative form of?
Bootcamp is the alternative form of boot camp.

Words near bootcamp in the dictionary

  1. bootblocks
  2. bootboard
  3. bootboards
  4. bootboy
  5. bootboys
  6. bootcamp
  7. bootcamper
  8. bootcamps
  9. bootcatcher
  10. bootcover
  11. bootcovers

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