velcro

1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of Velcro.

   He could have set his sights on velcro or toilet paper.

   2007 October 19, Rivka Weinberg, “Identifying and Dissolving the Non-Identity Problem”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 137, number 1, →DOI

present singular third person velcros · participle present velcroing · participle past velcroed · past velcroed

1. Alternative letter-case form of 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.

   Synonyms: hook-and-loop fastener

present singular third person Velcros · participle present Velcroing · participle past Velcroed · past Velcroed

1. To fasten with Velcro.

   He was standing on a chair Velcroing red balloons to himself.

   1988, Tom Leopold, Almost Like Being Here, Dutton, →ISBN, page 8

   3 more examples

   He had a seat in a leather recliner and hit the remote, which he had Velcroed to the chair.

   2000, George P. Pelecanos, Shame the Devil, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 58

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

   2008, Sean Murphy, The Time of New Weather, →ISBN, page 8

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

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