a portable television camera and videocassette recorder
"My grandfather dragged his old camcorder out of the attic to record our family reunion on VHS tapes."
a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit
"We packed our old camcorder into the bag so we could capture the wedding ceremony without needing separate equipment."
In plain English: A camcorder is a portable device that records both video and audio at the same time.
"My uncle used his old camcorder to record the family reunion."
Usage: A camcorder is a portable handheld device that combines a video camera and an audio recorder into a single unit. Use this term specifically when referring to older standalone units with built-in tapes or early digital drives, rather than modern smartphones or mirrorless cameras that perform the same function.
To record using a camcorder.
"We grabbed our old camcorder to film the wedding ceremony before it got too dark outside."
In plain English: To camcorder means to record video with a handheld camera.
"We decided to camcorder the entire wedding ceremony instead of just taking still photos."
Usage: Use "camcord" or "video" as verbs; "camcorder" is strictly a noun referring to the recording device itself. Do not say "I camcorded the event," as this is grammatically incorrect.
The word camcorder is a blend of camera and recorder that entered English as a borrowing from the Japanese brand name Kamukōdā, originally registered by Sony in 1981. It first appeared around 1982 in The Economist to describe portable video recording devices.