webcam
Americannoun
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webcams
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of webcam
First recorded in 1990–95; (World Wide) Web + cam(era)
Vocabulary lists containing webcam
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The nonprofit said there had been no sign around the nest “for several days” of Jackie, star of the webcam reality show since 2015.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
He would leave his webcam on for a full week, three times as long as his previous record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
His torchlit figure is captured on webcam images as he descended from the summit.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
One person “hooked up a webcam to it and was, like, watching their tomato plants grow,” said Boris Cherny, the head of Claude Code.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
We spend the next hour in front of the webcam trying to record ourselves singing an Avril Lavigne song Rabiya picked out.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
Jackie and Shadow became internet sensations thanks to the live webcams maintained in their nest by nonprofit organization Friends of Big Bear Valley, which is an outspoken voice for conserving eagle habitat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
To communicate, everyone turns on webcams and installs a little-known app called Zoom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Nasubi’s life inside the room was broadcast before voyeuristic webcams were common, and it began running the same year that “The Truman Show,” with its oddly similar plot, was released.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
As well as bedraggled volunteers on the shore, hundreds more monster hunters took part from more comfortable surroundings, by watching webcams trained on the loch.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2023
There was a new computer to transport, webcams and zip drives, an additional monitor.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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