webcam

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.

   And while the Webcams focused on street scenes and other public gathering spots do seem to occupy an uncertain status as a new medium, they perhaps raise an ethical question: Is this the cinéma vérité of cyberspace or is it private surveillance?

2. 2
   verb

   To take part in a video communication using a webcam.

   I got on his computer and wrote the note. I swear there was nothing on his screen like he was webcamming with her but she must have been recording.

3. 3
   verb

   To film and broadcast with a webcam.

   We should webcam it.

4. 4
   noun

   a digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet

Etymology

From Web + cam, shortened from camera.