camcorder

noun

cam·​cord·​er ˈkam-ˌkȯr-dər 

: a small portable combined camera and video recording device

Examples of camcorder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Throughout the day, people can’t seem to stop reaching for means of documentation — their camcorder, digicam, phone, at one point even a palm-size notebook where a young artist from the neighborhood was sketching one of the sphinxes. —Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026

Both of us remember childhood weekends spent recording our own camcorder sketch shows — Lee imitating Dana Carvey’s Ross Perot and Molly Shannon’s Mary Catherine Gallagher, Jenn pushing the boundaries of absurdism far past the point of actually getting laughs. —Lee Kelly, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026

Those images and videos were formerly all produced with off-the-shelf technology like DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras, digital camcorders and tablets, according to NASA. —Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026

But camcorder footage brings a very different feeling, right? —Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

camera + recorder

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for camcorder

• disorder
• recorder
• reorder
• suborder
• transborder
• boarder
• border
• corder
• order
• warder

Kids Definition

camcorder

noun

cam·​cord·​er ˈkam-ˌkȯrd-ər 

: a small portable combined camera and VCR