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  • noun Alternative capitalization of Velcro

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Examples

  • Mowing mowing mowing. and also on how lethal ride-on mowers are and why aren't the seats covered in velcro to prevent the driver sliding off when mowing a slope.

    610 - ponderings of a small brain Another Outspoken Female 2008

  • So i put my pin right on his brisket and when i went to let the arrow fly, the velcro on my release let loose, making a horrible sound. (i think velcro is the devil of bow hunting hahaha). so the buck jumped on the other side of the berm 25 yards into some thick brush, so i found a whole in the brush and kept following the buck in my sights, waiting for him to get to the whole.

    Murphy's Law Meets Deer Hunting 2009

  • So i put my pin right on his brisket and when i went to let the arrow fly, the velcro on my release let loose, making a horrible sound. (i think velcro is the devil of bow hunting hahaha). so the buck jumped on the other side of the berm 25 yards into some thick brush, so i found a whole in the brush and kept following the buck in my sights, waiting for him to get to the whole.

    Murphy's Law Meets Deer Hunting 2009

  • The frame is attached to the table top with velcro which is quite smart because it means you can pop the frame off and open it up – so you can change the keepsakes you have on display as often as you like.

    Turn a side table into a display for your favourite keepsakes | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • The frame is attached to the table top with velcro which is quite smart because it means you can pop the frame off and open it up – so you can change the keepsakes you have on display as often as you like.

    Turn a side table into a display for your favourite keepsakes | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • On this "Just prattling on" theme; isn't that what 'velcro' Gordon Brown does?

    Just prattling on after a wine tasting session. Glyn Davies 2008

  • BreadandButter: Dang his head looks like some kind of velcro game!

    columbiatribune.com stories 2010

  • BreadandButter: Dang his head looks like some kind of velcro game!

    columbiatribune.com stories 2010

  • BreadandButter: Dang his head looks like some kind of velcro game!

    columbiatribune.com stories 2010

  • BreadandButter: Dang his head looks like some kind of velcro game!

    columbiatribune.com stories 2010

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  • Also a good name for a German shepherd. And see John's list of Band Names, just because.

    November 30, 2007

  • Anyone else celebrating the 40th Apollo 11 landing anniversary by playing with Velcro? Or drinking Tang, perhaps?

    July 21, 2009

  • I play with Velcro every day! But I haven't had Tang in eons.

    July 21, 2009