VCR

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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Related Words for vcr

camcorders, VCR, videorecorder

Examples from the Web for vcr

Contemporary Examples of vcr

Take the early 1980s, when Hollywood fought to stop the VCR, comparing it in hearings to a serial killer.
Millennials Have A Lot of Problems, But Tech Isn't One
Kristen Soltis Anderson
May 14, 2014
From the conference where the VCR and the camcorder were unveiled, here are the newest, coolest gadgets to expect in 2013.
Ten Coolest Products From 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show
Nina Strochlic
January 8, 2013
Back in the day, babysitting meant doling out some hard candy and popping a Disney flick into the VCR.
The Gangsta Grannies of YouTube
The Daily Beast Video
December 8, 2009
In other words, the RNC has finally decided to do something about the VCR blinking 12:00.
The Race to Run the GOP Gets Even More Ridiculous
Ana Marie Cox
January 6, 2009

British Dictionary definitions for vcr

VCR

abbreviation for

video cassette recorder
visual control room (at an airfield)

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Word Origin and History for vcr

VCR

n.

1971, initialism from videocassette recorder (see videocassette).

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