baby monitor

noun

|Updated on: 16 Jun 2018

Definition of baby monitor

: an electronic device consisting of a one-way radio or video transmitter with a portable receiver for remotely listening to or observing an otherwise unattended child

Since they were introduced in the early eighties, baby monitors have helped reassure millions of moms and dads that their children were snoozing safely.
—Anna David

Recent Examples of baby monitor from the Web

Chris and Nina Cardinal found Chloe wandering the hallway after hearing a noise on the toddler’s baby monitor Friday.

— michelle gant, Fox News, "Video footage shows toddler escaping bedroom with help from family dogs," 7 June 2018
The device, which took around four years to create, is now in 90 percent of devices that feature microphones, including hearing aids, baby monitors, audio recording devices, and a majority of smartphones and telephones.

— brittany britto, ajc, "At 87, this Baltimore inventor has 250 patents to his name — and he’s still at it," 28 May 2018
The device, which took around four years to create, is now in 90 percent of devices that feature microphones, including hearing aids, baby monitors, audio recording devices, and a majority of smartphones and telephones.

— brittany britto, ajc, "At 87, this Baltimore inventor has 250 patents to his name — and he’s still at it," 28 May 2018
The device, which took around four years to create, is now in 90 percent of devices that feature microphones, including hearing aids, baby monitors, audio recording devices, and a majority of smartphones and telephones.

— brittany britto, baltimoresun.com, "At 87, this Baltimore inventor has 250 patents to his name — and he’s still at it," 24 May 2018
Whether ensuring that nothing is stolen or hoping to get some real-time feedback, anxious sellers may rely on nanny cams, baby monitors, Nest cameras, laptops or doorbell cameras.

— terri akman, Philly.com, "Shopping for a home? Seller might use a smart video camera to spy on you," 8 May 2018
One tenant, Jeslyn Seyon, had a video taken from her baby monitor that showed mice crawling across her twin infants’ cribs.

— matthew ormseth, courant.com, "Bronin Vows To Fine Landlord of Hartford Housing Complex; Penalties Could Reach $10K A Day," 4 May 2018
As a parent of young kids, the Nest Cam does have several drawbacks as a baby monitor.

— adrienne so, WIRED, "How to Make Your Nest Cam Baby Monitor More Secure," 17 Apr. 2018
But credulity is occasionally a casualty of the overemphatic staging, as when, after a drunken night, Abby inexplicably smashes the baby monitor Amina left behind.

— charles mcnulty, latimes.com, "In 'Belleville,' two Americans in Paris head into Hitchcock territory," 24 Apr. 2018

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