camcorder

/ˈkæmˌkoɹ.dɚ/

noun 1verb 1

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ADJ.

principal

My principal piece of equipment for filming was an old digital camcorder I bought years ago.

VERB + CAMCORDER

bring, get, see, submitted

I brought my camcorder to the school play to record my daughter's performance.

CAMCORDER + NOUN

funeral

My uncle brought his camcorder to the funeral to record the service for relatives who couldn't attend.

PREP.

around, with

She carried her camcorder around the festival to film the live performances.

Definitions

noun

A camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit.

You know where you never see a camcorder? At a funeral. Wouldn't that be fun? Especially if you didn't know any of the people there. Why not go to a stranger's funeral, and bring your camcorder? Have a little fun! Zoom in on the corpse's nose hairs. Then pull back, and pan over to the widow's tears. Get a tight shot of that. Do a montage of people wracked with grief. Then go home and put a laugh track on it! Smoke a joint and show it to your friends. That would be a lot of fun.

verb

To record using a camcorder.

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Example Bank

You know where you never see a camcorder? At a funeral. Wouldn't that be fun? Especially if you didn't know any of the people there. Why not go to a stranger's funeral, and bring your camcorder? Have

Wiktionary

Some people follow their kids around with a camcorder as though every squeak is a star-studded performance.

Tatoeba · #8788366

Did your parents have a camcorder?

Tatoeba · #9955162

Let me get my camcorder.

Tatoeba · #9962952

Ziri submitted the camcorder to the principal.

Tatoeba · #11049977

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, camcorder is marked as rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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