tape

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /teɪ̯p/ or [tʰeɪ̯p]

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

Singular tape

Plural tapes

1. (countable) Tape is a long thin material, often with glue on one side or used for recording.

   We can fix the tear with some tape.

   The reporters surrounded the president with their cameras, tape recorders and notebooks.

   The band put three songs on tape.

   The tape is peeling off my hockey stick.

• 
  An audio cassette tape for recording sound
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  Video cassette tapes for recording video
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  Sticky tape
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  Medical tape
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  Old computer punch tape
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  Correction tape

Verb

Plain form tape

Third-person singular tapes

Past tense taped

Past participle taped

Present participle taping

1. (transitive) If you tape music, a speaker, a TV program, etc., you record it on tape or film.

   It is not known who taped the conversation or how.

   I didn't want to stay up to watch the show, so I taped it so I could watch it tomorrow.

2. (transitive) If you tape something, you put tape on it.

   Can you tape this closed for me?

   Her coach taped her knee before the game.

Related words

• tape measure