decamp

decamp is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.
2. intransitive verb. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly.
3. verb. leave suddenly

   "She persuaded him to decamp"

   "skip town"

   Synonyms: skip, vamoose

4. verb. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

   "The thief made off with our silver"

   "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

   Synonyms: abscond, absquatulate, bolt

5. verb. leave a camp

   "The hikers decamped before dawn"

Synonyms

skip, vamoose, abscond, absquatulate, bolt

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in decamp:

camped

Common word forms

decamps, decamped, decamping, decampment

Words from these letters

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