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

Body and dashcam video released earlier this month shows Sterling fleeing on foot while police repeatedly order him to stop and put his hands in the air. —Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 29 May 2024

New dashcam footage obtained by The Courier Journal shows the dramatic moments before a Sysco truck driver crashed into a guardrail on the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge in March. —Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2024

During the traffic stop, dashcam and bodycam footage revealed the driver, identified as 32-year-old Cottonwood resident Donovan Jelicich, exited his vehicle, despite being ordered to stay inside the vehicle by the officer. —Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024

Video footage from a pole camera and police dashcam showed Scheffler being led to a police car. —Alex Sundby, CBS News, 29 May 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