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camming

camming noun: camcording; the illegal re-recording of films on camcorder in a cinema. Also the present participle and gerund of cam.

Noun

camming (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Camcording; the illegal re-recording of films on camcorder in a cinema.
    • Many of the VCDs sold in Asia stem from such camming...2006, Joan M Van Tassel, Digital rights management
    • In the United States, federal law as well as 40 state laws can impose harsh penalties for videotaping movies from theater screens, a process known as camming.2007 February 19, Ian Austen, “Hollywood Gets Tough on Movie Copying in Canada”, in New York Times

Also used as

camming is also the present participle and gerund of cam.

Origin of camming

Contraction of camcording.

Clipping of camera.

Phrases with camming

Questions about camming

What does camming mean?
Camming means camcording; the illegal re-recording of films on camcorder in a cinema.
What part of speech is camming?
Camming is a noun.

Words near camming in the dictionary

  1. Cammermeyer
  2. cammers
  3. Cammi
  4. Cammie
  5. cammies
  6. camming
  7. camming out
  8. cammock
  9. cammocks
  10. cammocky
  11. Cammon

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