Used in a Sentence

velociraptor

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for velociraptor.

Editorial note

Virtually all of the raptors (velociraptor, utahraptor, etc) are assumed to be feathered based on fossil evidence today.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(film) Also Deinonychus.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of velociraptor gathered in one view.

noun

(film) Also Deinonychus.

noun

A small agile dinosaur, of the genus Velociraptor, having sickle-shaped claws. It is also thought to have had a feathered coat. Fossils have been found in Late Cretaceous deposits Mongolia and China (around 75-71 mya).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for velociraptor.

noun

(film) Also Deinonychus.

noun

A small agile dinosaur, of the genus Velociraptor, having sickle-shaped claws. It is also thought to have had a feathered coat. Fossils have been found in Late Cretaceous deposits Mongolia and China (around 75-71 mya).

Example sentences

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Virtually all of the raptors (velociraptor, utahraptor, etc) are assumed to be feathered based on fossil evidence today.

2

Whether Velociraptor uses Rocket or not, implementing the App Container Spec seems like a no brainer.

3

It sounded like a human mixed with the shrill cry of a velociraptor from Jurassic Park.

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The beginning of the article reads like care instructions someone would leave for the person they hired to babysit their pet velociraptor.

5

I had just landed LXC container support in Velociraptor [1] when Docker was announced last year.

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It lives on today as the velociraptor of editors, Bram Moolenaar's Vim.

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You might as well be phobic about dying in a velociraptor attack.

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Think about games like QuakeLive and Off-road Velociraptor Safari -- fuck, think about a port of Steam with even a fraction of the catalog!

9

I threw a Core 2 Quad, a Velociraptor drive, and 4GB memory in there.

10

The Western Digital Velociraptor is pretty tough to beat.

11

(2007 was when Velociraptor bones were discovered with quill knobs, almost indisputably indicating that the animal had wings and feathers).

12

What if a velociraptor that's allergic to rainbows happened to walk by at that moment and flew into a rage consuming the entire public library with its violence?

Quote examples

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The media exposure from that alone is superstar-level, even if a lot of it comes from "he looks like a velociraptor" memes.

2

A search for "velociraptor defense" in the old version finds 72,100 results in 0.39 seconds, while the new backend yields 565,000 results in 0.30 seconds.

3

It's very easy just to put a velociraptor or glitter unicorns on the homepage; the truly good easter eggs work with the content already on the page (see also: Google "do a barrel roll") 2.

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I guess the "uv" in "libuv" stands for "unicorn velociraptor." Edit: "libuv" stand for "Librarian Unicorn Velociraptor".

Proper noun examples

1

It's cool, its fascinating and it's mind-blowing that some of these feathers could be from Velociraptor-like creatures!

2

Velociraptor almost definitely had feathers, as well as wings.

3

Check out some of the post-2007 renderings of Velociraptor.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use velociraptor in a sentence?

Virtually all of the raptors (velociraptor, utahraptor, etc) are assumed to be feathered based on fossil evidence today.

What does velociraptor mean?

(film) Also Deinonychus.

What part of speech is velociraptor?

velociraptor is commonly used as noun.