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

The Japan News likewise reported that the video shows dashcam footage of shaking in Ishikawa, a prefecture in Japan, from the 7.5-magnitude Noto Peninsula earthquake on New Year's Day 2024. —Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025

The dashcam footage also captured a green Jeep Cherokee, that belonged to the victim, leaving the scene. —Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024

Dashcam video shows 8-year-old girl driving family car to Target store Police in Ohio released dashcam video showing an 8-year-old girl driving on a roadway on her way to a Target over the weekend. —Stepheny Price, Fox News, 18 Sep. 2024

The entire horrifying incident was caught on dashcam video from another vehicle parked behind the fire truck. —Brie Stimson, Fox News, 13 Dec. 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