video call

Also vid·e·o chat
Or vid·e·o·call

[vid-ee-oh kawl]

noun

1. an act or instance of communicating with one or more people using a smartphone, mobile device, webcam, etc., to transmit and receive both audio and video.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to communicate with (one or more people) by using a smartphone, computer, etc., to transmit and receive audio and video: Employees working remotely are expected to videocall into the department meetings with the collaboration app.

   It would be nice if the grandkids lived closer, but at least we video call each other pretty often.

   Employees working remotely are expected to videocall into the department meetings with the collaboration app.

video call

noun

1. a call made via a mobile phone with a camera and a screen, allowing the participants to see each other as they talk

Word History and Origins

Origin of video call¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

“It was one of the great parties of all time,” Adler recalls during a video call from his home in Malibu.

From Los Angeles Times

“I don’t know if 20th Century Fox ever understood the film,” Sharman says with a laugh, in a video call from Australia.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's just a mass murder, a killing, a torture, a nightmare," Dr Nada Abu Alrub, an emergency specialist from Australia volunteering at the hospital, told the BBC in a video call on Tuesday.

From BBC

He played music and even tried to take a WhatsApp video call — though that live demo failed.

From Los Angeles Times

But I never really had the resources,” she says from her home in New York during a recent video call.

From Los Angeles Times