Decamp

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decamp \De*camp"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decamped} (?; 215); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Decamping}.] [F. d['e]camper; pref. d['e]- (L.
     dis) + camp camp. See {Camp}.]
     1. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground,
        usually by night or secretly. --Macaulay.
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     2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used
        disparagingly.
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              The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house
              was once again converted into a tavern. --Goldsmith.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  decamp
       v 1: leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn" [syn: {break
            camp}]
       2: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody
          along [syn: {abscond}, {bolt}, {absquatulate}, {run off},
          {go off}]
       3: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
          [syn: {skip}, {vamoose}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "decamp":
     abscond, absquatulate, avoid, beat a retreat, begone, bolt, break,
     break camp, clear out, cut and run, depart, desert, dog it, elope,
     elude, escape, evade, exit, flee, fly, fugitate, go, go AWOL,
     hightail, jump, jump bail, kite, lam, leave, levant, make off,
     powder, pull up stakes, quit, retire, run, run away, run away from,
     run away with, run for it, run off, scape, scram, show the heels,
     shun, skedaddle, skip, skip out, slip the cable, split,
     strike camp, take French leave, take a powder, take flight,
     take off, take to flight, take wing, turn tail, vamoose,
     withdraw