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nanny cam

nanny cam noun: a video camera installed in a residence that allows the householder to see what a babysitter does when the householder is away.

Noun

nanny cam (plural nanny cams)

  1. A video camera installed in a residence that allows the householder to see what a babysitter does when the householder is away.
    • By contrast, vigilant adults in the new millennium are keeping ever closer tabs on kids — a quest that has inspired a surge in tracking devices, from nanny cams to No Child Left Behind standards and now the latest macro-indicator, the C.W.I.2004 April 11, Ann Hulbert, “Are the Kids All Right?”, in The New York Times Magazine, page 9

Forms of nanny cam

pluralnanny cams

Questions about nanny cam

What does nanny cam mean?
Nanny cam means a video camera installed in a residence that allows the householder to see what a babysitter does when the householder is away.
What part of speech is nanny cam?
Nanny cam is a noun.
What is the plural of nanny cam?
The plural of nanny cam is nanny cams.

Words near nanny cam in the dictionary

  1. nannoplanktons
  2. nannosquillid
  3. nannosquillids
  4. Nannup
  5. nanny
  6. nanny cam
  7. nanny cams
  8. Nanny Cay
  9. nanny dog
  10. nanny dogs
  11. nanny goat

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