Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nanny cam

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: nan-ny -cam
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A video camera installed in a residence that allows the householder to see what a babysitter does when the householder is away.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

nanny cams (plural)

Questions

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

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