dashcam

noun

dash·​cam ˈdash-ˌkam 

variants or less commonly dash cam or dashboard camera

plural dashcams also dash cams or dashboard cameras

: a video camera mounted usually on the dashboard of a vehicle and used to continuously record activity through the vehicle's windshield

Typically, police dashcams are used to gather evidence during traffic stops.

—Janissa Delzo

The fight took place on the right side of the police car, out of view from the dash cam.

—Nathalie Baptiste

Examples of dashcam in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a dashcam video captured in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, one driver experienced a thankfully not deadly, but still frightening ordeal when a load of construction materials fell from a lumber truck driving on the overpass above. —Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024

Video footage taken from a sheriff's vehicle dashcam appears to show smoke coming from the fleeing SUV. —Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024

Video captured by a car’s dashcam earlier this week showed the moment a steel bridge collapsed over the engorged Red River in Vietnam’s Phu Tho province, plunging drivers into the raging waters. —Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024

Accidents:Girl, 2, drowns during field trip to West Virginia resort: Reports Teen driver responds to dashcam video during interview with authorities Illinois State Police troopers interviewed the 17-year-old minivan motorist in October 2023. —Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

dashcam

noun

dash·​cam

ˈdash-ˌkam

variants also dash cam or dashboard camera

plural dashcams also dash cams or dashboard cameras

: a video camera mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle and used to continuously record information