home video
Americannoun
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a videotape recorded by camcorder generally for noncommercial use, especially for viewing at home.
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the business of renting or selling prerecorded videocassettes for viewing especially at home.
Example Sentences
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Many were self-distributed and only made for the home video market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Egoyan intersperses scenes set in the present with home video footage of Jeanine as a child, shot by her own father, blindfolded and doing strange dances in the woods.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025
Hill's actions during the assassination were captured on the Zapruder film – an amateur home video that provided one of the best recordings of the shooting.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025
In one home video clip, the boy throwing the darts is wearing a nappy.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2025
His father, a journalist, had somehow gotten his hands on a making-of home video release with behind-the-scenes footage and clips from the sci-fi-horror classic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
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