Velcro

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Etymology

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

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Proper noun

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

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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, 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, →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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