Velcro
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French velours (“velvet”) and crochet (“hook”)
Proper noun
Velcro
- A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other of tiny fiber loops, which when brought together stick strongly one to the other.
Translations
fastener
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Verb
Velcro (third-person singular simple present Velcros, present participle Velcroing, simple past and past participle Velcroed)
- To fasten with Velcro.
- 1988, Tom Leopold, Almost Like Being Here,[1] Dutton, →ISBN, page 8:
- He was standing on a chair Velcroing red balloons to himself.
- 2000, George P. Pelecanos, Shame the Devil, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 58:
- He had a seat in a leather recliner and hit the remote, which he had Velcroed to the chair.
- 2008, Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 28:
- Two officers stormed into I-tier, still Velcroing their flak jackets.
- 1988, Tom Leopold, Almost Like Being Here,[1] Dutton, →ISBN, page 8:
Translations
to fasten with velcro
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