home videon.1. An amateur video made in the home or documenting a family event.2. The medium in which movies are recorded and distributed for viewing in the home: a movie released on home video.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.home? vid?eo n. 1. a videotape recorded by camcorder generally for noncommercial use, esp. for viewing at home. 2. the business of renting or selling prerecorded videocassettes for viewing esp. at home. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.