day camp

noun

plural day camps

: a camp (see camp entry 1 sense 1d) for children or adolescents that operates during the daytime only and usually during the summer compare summer camp

Examples of day camp in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to a Gallup poll, roughly 30 million American youth attended summer enrichment programs in 2024, which includes day camps, summer schools and sleepaway camps. — Derek H. Alderman, The Conversation, 26 June 2026

Others stretch into multi-day camps where kids build skills across a full week. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026

This four-day camp will let campers take swim lessons and explore water through age-appropriate experiments, sensory play, simple engineering builds and creative art projects. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 15 June 2026

The hotel is appropriate for kids, and, with a registration fee, 3–15-year-olds can participate in a Central Park day camp. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for day camp

• decamp
• encamp
• headlamp
• preamp
• revamp
• timestamp
• amp
• champ
• clamp
• cramp
• damp
• gamp