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

I was a big skateboarder in my youth, and I told him I wanted a tape in the VCR like an old skate video.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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

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

From MarketWatch

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

From The Wall Street Journal