VCR

American  

1. videocassette recorder: an electronic apparatus capable of recording television programs or other signals onto videocassettes and playing them back through a television receiver.

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VCR British  

abbreviation

1. video cassette recorder

2. visual control room (at an airfield)

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Example Sentences

The VCR transformed Americans from passive viewers into active curators of their entertainment, laying the groundwork for everything from mixtapes to Netflix.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

He started in 1988, back when “machine learning” meant teaching your VCR to record “Cheers.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025

Dug sits upright on the limo’s black Corinthian leather seat, flanked by crystal liquor decanters on one side and a TV and VCR on the other.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

In explaining his lifelong film obsession, Cantrell says, “When I was growing up in the ’80s, my aunt and uncle had double VCR setups, so they would go and rent movies and always tape them.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

I shut the door to my room and put the tape in the VCR and settled back on my bed, right on top of the new clothes.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth