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glamping

US/ˈɡlæmpɪŋ/

glamping noun: any of various luxury forms of camping. Also the present participle and gerund of glamp.

Noun

glamping (usually uncountable, plural glampings)

  1. (usually) Any of various luxury forms of camping.
    • Tom Hanks and Sean Penn are doing it. Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie want to do it. What are we talking about? “Glamping– or glamorous camping for those not yet in the know.2006, “The Glamper’s Guide To Style” (archive), GadgetCandy.com, 2/24/2006
    • And glamping – that’s luxury camping, of course.2007 February 4, Jennifer Gould Keil, “Are you a Jetrosexual? Be Honest…”, in New York Post

Also used as

glamping is also the present participle and gerund of glamp.

Synonyms of glamping

Forms of glamping

pluralglampings

Origin of glamping

Blend of glamorous + camping. Of UK origin, first appears c. 2005 in The Guardian, adopted in the U.S. by 2007.

From glamp + -ing.

Questions about glamping

What does glamping mean?
Glamping means any of various luxury forms of camping.
What part of speech is glamping?
Glamping is a noun.
How do you pronounce glamping?
Glamping is pronounced /ˈɡlæmpɪŋ/ (US).
What is the plural of glamping?
The plural of glamping is glampings.

Words near glamping in the dictionary

  1. glamoury
  2. glamp
  3. glamped
  4. glamper
  5. glampers
  6. glamping
  7. glampings
  8. glampire
  9. glampires
  10. glamps
  11. glampsite

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