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freecam

freecam noun: a camera (a viewpoint) that can be manipulated without restrictions.

Noun

freecam (plural freecams)

  1. A camera (a viewpoint) that can be manipulated without restrictions.
    • The freecam and the improved prop placement options alone are worth tiie price, while the props, sets, costumes, and effects merely add to the moviemaking experience.2006 August, GameSpy, quotee, “Reality Check”, in Jeff Green, editor, Computer Gaming World, New York, N.Y.: Ziff Davis Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 97, column 3
    • While looking for a way to use a computer mouse to play Wii games, Derek stumbled onto “freecam” programs that allow users to manipulate a game’s camera however they wish, letting them see the kinds of sleight-of-hand tricks developers pull on players behind the scenes. After seeing that few were...2018 June, “Breaking Gaming’s Boundaries”, in Andy McNamara, editor, Game Informer, number 302, Minneapolis, Minn.: Sunrise Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26

Verb

freecam (third-person singular simple present freecams, present participle freecaming or freecamming, simple past and past participle freecamed or freecammed)

  1. To use a freecam.

Examples of freecam in a sentence

  • After seeing that few were showcasing the tech online, he made a video using a freecam on the Wii version of Punch-Out!!2018 June, “Breaking Gaming’s Boundaries”, in Andy McNamara, editor, Game Informer, number 302, Minneapolis, Minn.: Sunrise Publications...
  • Also, think about putting a freecam in your game build early on.2023 June 15, Pete Webber, “How to make better game trailers”, in Ryan Lambie, editor, Wireframe, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Raspberry Pi...

Forms of freecam

Noun
pluralfreecams
Verb
third-person singular presentfreecams
present participlefreecaming
present participlefreecamming
past participlefreecamed
pastfreecamed
past participlefreecammed
pastfreecammed

Origin of freecam

From free + cam.

Questions about freecam

What does freecam mean?
Freecam means a camera (a viewpoint) that can be manipulated without restrictions.
How do you use freecam in a sentence?
After seeing that few were showcasing the tech online, he made a video using a freecam on the Wii version of Punch-Out!!
What part of speech is freecam?
Freecam can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of freecam?
The plural of freecam is freecams.

Words near freecam in the dictionary

  1. freeburn
  2. Freeburn Island
  3. freeburns
  4. Freebury
  5. Freeby
  6. freecam
  7. freecamed
  8. freecaming
  9. freecammed
  10. freecamming
  11. freecams

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Adapted from Wiktionary: freecam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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