boot camp
noun
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
Anson MountThese 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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The movie’s incessant urge to psychoanalyze John’s fanaticism could have stopped at the boot camp sequence.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Then the show selected a group of kids to attend a baking boot camp in Los Angeles before the final 12 were named.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
The boot camp offers high-intensity workouts, coaching and a supportive community focused on building strength, endurance and confidence, according to the boot camp’s owners.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Coding boot camps were expensive, but Marcy was free.
—Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Then the show selected a group of kids to attend a baking boot camp in Los Angeles before the final 12 were named.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
The boot camp offers high-intensity workouts, coaching and a supportive community focused on building strength, endurance and confidence, according to the boot camp’s owners.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Coding boot camps were expensive, but Marcy was free.
—Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Boot camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boot%20camp. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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