kiss cam

noun

A camera that photographs couples kissing during a sports event and displays the image on a giant screen.

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Meanings

nounkiss cam (plural kiss cams)

plural kiss cams

  1. USA camera that photographs couples kissing during a sports event and displays the image on a giant screen.

    During the concert Chris Martin appeared to reference the kiss-cam couple and to anticipate the fallout. “Holy shit,” he told the crowd. “I hope we didn’t do something bad.”

    2025 July 18, Rory Carroll, “Are they ‘having an affair’ or just shy? The couple caught on Coldplay’s kiss cam”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

Compound of kiss + cam.

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APA

kiss cam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiss%20cam

MLA

“kiss cam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiss%20cam. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kiss cam,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiss%20cam.

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