Velcro

Blend of French velours (“velvet”) +‎ French crochet (“hook”)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛlkɹoʊ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛlkɹəʊ/
• Hyphenation: Vel‧cro

Velcro

1. A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart.

   Synonym: hook-and-loop fastener

• Velcro child
• Velcro dog
• Velcro cat

Velcro (third-person singular simple present Velcros, present participle Velcroing, simple past and past participle Velcroed)

1. 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, Sean Murphy, The Time of New Weather‎^[2], →ISBN, page 8:

     Toasters and microwaves were Velcroed to kitchen counters. Televisions and VCRs were Velcroed to their stands.

   • 2008, Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 28:

     Two officers stormed into I-tier, still Velcroing their flak jackets.

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