Velociraptor yaiva dromaeosaurid yepakati-saizi, ine vanhu vakuru vanoyera kusvika 2.07 m (6.8 ft) kureba, 0.5 m (1.6 ft) yakakwirira muhudyu, uye inorema kusvika 15 kg (33 lb), kunyange paine fungidziro yepamusoro ye19.7 kg (43 lb). Chikanda, chakakura kusvika 25 cm (9.8 in) kureba, chaive chakakombama-kumusoro, chakakombama pamusoro uye chakakombama pazasi.
iyo yaigona kukura kusvika pamasendimita 6,5 pakureba kumucheto kwayo kwokunze, sezvingabvira zvikurusa yakanga iri gadziriro yokuvhima yaishandiswa kubvarura kana kuti kudzora nyajambwa ari kurwisana