Definition of boot camp
1
:a navy or marine corps camp for basic training
2
:a disciplinary facility or program in which young offenders are forced to participate in a rigidly structured routine
3
:a place or undertaking that resembles a military boot camp especially by requiring one to endure intensive training or initiation
- Nowadays, the more talented players view their college years as necessary boot camp to prepare them for the riches waiting for them in pro football.
- —Anson Mount
- These youngsters are put through what amounts to a boot camp of courses in music notation, basic harmony and ear-training.
- —Smithsonian
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