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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Only a few years ago, he says, one could walk into a Goodwill and find a VCR for $10 or so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

Here, Tuason cleverly lifts a conceit from “The Ring,” where a cursed videotape gave the viewer seven days to live after popping it into the VCR.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 15, 2025

In my bedroom, I had a TV with a built-in VCR that was on all the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

We wind up raiding Jupiter’s dad’s collection of Disney VHS tapes and watching The Lion King on Courtney’s dinosaur...I mean VCR.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone