boot camp

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Noun

boot camp (plural boot camps)

1. (chiefly, North America, colloquial) Initial, basic indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for new recruits in the armed forces (army, Air Force, navy and Marine Corps).
2. (chiefly, North America) A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.
3. (chiefly, North America, idiomatic) Any short, intensive course of training.

   We will institute a boot camp for training the sales force in these new products.

Synonyms

• basic training

Translations

• French: classes
• German: Trainingslager, Bootcamp
• Russian: уче́бный ла́герь

Translations

• Russian: исправительный

Translations

• Russian: уче́бный курс

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