hook-and-loop

English

Alternative forms

• hook and loop

Etymology

Clipping of hook-and-loop fastener.

Noun

hook-and-loop (plural hook-and-loops or hooks-and-loops)

1. Synonym of Velcro (“a fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with miniature fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can still be pulled apart.”).