tape en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- tāp
- [tʰeɪ̯p] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (General-American) audio
- /teɪ̯p/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Old English tæppa Middle English tape English tape From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”); further origin unclear. Probably akin to Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”), Middle Low German tappen, tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”), Middle High German zāfen, zāven (“to pull, tear”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
I sealed up the box with clear shipping tape.
Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.
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(countable, uncountable) Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
We made some decorative flowers out of the tape we bought.
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(countable, uncountable) Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.
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(countable, uncountable) Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
Did you get that on tape?
So we went around the corner, looked in the garbage, and, boom, there's about 16 of the tapes he didn't like!
1993, Vibe, volume 1, number 2:
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(broadly, countable, informal, uncountable) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
“It was one of the most severe beatings they’ve seen on tape,” an FDNY insider said, recalling the reaction by brass who viewed video of the bloody fisticuffs.
2018 August 18, Susan Edelman, New York Post:
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(countable, informal, uncountable) An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight.
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(countable, from ticker tape, uncountable) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
Don’t fight the tape.
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(countable, uncountable) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick.
His pass was right on the tape.
- (countable, historical, uncountable) A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.
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(UK, countable, obsolete, qualifier:possible, slang, uncountable) Liquor, alcoholic drink, especially gin or brandy. (Especially in prison slang or among domestic servants and women.)
Madam Gin has been christened by as many names as a German princess : every petty chandler's shop will sell you Sky-blue, and every night-cellar furnish you with Holland tape, three yards a penny. Nor can I see the difference […]
1827 (originally 1755?), Connoisseur, page=223white tape, Holland tape, blue tape (gin); red tape (brandy or wine)
A tumbler of blue ruin fill, fill for me! / Red tape those as likes it may drain, / But whatever the lush, it a bumper must be. / […] / Oh! those jovial days are ne'er forgot! But the tape lags—When I be's dead, you'll drink one put To poor old Bags!
1830, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], Paul Clifford. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:[…] who is now puffing his pipe and sipping his grog, as unconcerned as a Dutch fiddler at a merry-making, has no business here selling his cheese and candles in the day-time, and his yards of tape in the evening: […] and now then for the tape-shop. […]
1817, The White Dwarf: A London Weekly Publication, page 222:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of red tape (“time-consuming bureaucratic procedures”).
alt of red tape
Mr. Cheney: […] to move in the direction of deciding that the only way to get anything done, to cut through the red tape, to be able to move aggressively, is to have it done, in effect, inside the boundary of the White House. […] Mr. North: […] there are certainly times when one has to cut through the tape.
1988, United States Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, Iran-Contra Investigation: … One Hundredth Congress, First Session, page 26:He was going to cut through the tape and ship this Army stuff straight to France.
1953, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Hearings, page 53:[When dealing with the] Federal Government, "red tape" is unavoidable. Perseverance, good humor and thoroughness will almost invariably cut through the "tape” or lead to the proper official where courteous and attentive treatment will be received.
1923, Henry C. Clark, Departmental Practice, Admission of Attorneys, Etc, page 7:As Treasurer and Governor of Texas, she had an ability to cut through the tape and conventions to get stuff done and make things better. She modernized systems, made government more transparent and accountable and[…]
2011 March 1, Simon Maier, Jeremy Kourdi, The 100: Insights and lessons from 100 of the greatest speakers and speeches ever delivered, Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, →ISBN, page 295:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tapes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fucktape · athletic tape · flat tape · gaff tape · tape recording · mix tape · sticky-tape · tit tape · nametape · tapework · tapeworm · correction tape · crime scene tape · grip tape · magnetic tape · scratch tape · paint the tape · tape up · tape safe · medical tape · tapeline · bias tape · electrical tape · surgical tape · tape-recorded · tape player · splice tape · tape drive · live on tape · braintape · painter's tape · fish tape · audiotape · lingerie tape · electric tape · red tape · gaffer tape · speed tape · strapping tape · roll the tape · breast the tape · tapespondent · tapeless · tape dispenser · tapemaking · mag tape · packing tape · tape guard · dress tape · ticker tape · holotape · masking tape · ticker-tape parade · measuring tape · tapesponding · tapist · streaming tape · tape library · Turing tape · tape painting · tape machine · binding tape · gray tape · pretape · covertape · insulating tape · filament tape · screwtape · washi tape · mixtape · tape out · twill tape · duck tape · tapetail · tapescript · tape knot · tape recorder · green tape · microtape · Broselow tape · retape · tapelike · audio tape · punched paper tape · idiot tape · time-tape · reel-to-reel tape recorder · duct tape · magtape · tape-worm · tear tape · cut red tape · sex tape · tapeable · tale of the tape · Scotch tape · tape transport · tape gag · cleavage tape · demo tape · videotape · don't fight the tape · tape tree · tape ball · tape-record · roll tape · stone tape theory · parcel tape · fight the tape · untape · trans tape · reel-to-reel tape · blue tape · party tape · adhesive tape · paper tape · tapegrass · police tape · box-sealing tape · sellotape · Sellotape · tape grass · double-sided tape · painting the tape · teletape · time tape · journal tape · white tape · fashion tape · on tape · club tape · hockey tape · tape deck · tapemaker · ticker tape parade · tapespondence · broad tape · rim tape · cassette tape · reel to reel tape · play the same tape · sports tape · friction tape · tapezine · swelling tape · sticky tape · tape measure · grippy tape · tape echo · tape delay · nontape · barricade tape · punched tape
Descendants
téip · टेप · tape · tâp · teipe · tepu · teyp · 테이프 · テープ · têf · tape · tepe · tape · เทป · tejp · ཊེབ
Translations (87)
pl taśma (video or audiocassette tape) · ko 테이프 (video or audiocassette tape) · kk таспа (video or audiocassette tape) · ba таҫма (video or audiocassette tape) · th เทป (video or audiocassette tape) · lt juosta (video or audiocassette tape) · eo inkrubando (printing: band rotating on pulleys) · sv tape (video or audiocassette tape) · lo ເທປ (video or audiocassette tape) · lb Band (video or audiocassette tape) · fr bande (video or audiocassette tape) · hi टेप (video or audiocassette tape) · eu zinta (video or audiocassette tape) · be сту́жка (video or audiocassette tape) · km ខ្សែអាត់ (video or audiocassette tape) · ur ٹیپ (video or audiocassette tape) · is spóla (video or audiocassette tape) · it nastro (video or audiocassette tape) · ga téip (video or audiocassette tape) · cmn 錄音帶 /录音带 (video or audiocassette tape) · tr bant (video or audiocassette tape) · fi teippi (video or audiocassette tape) · sq shirit (video or audiocassette tape) · uz lenta (video or audiocassette tape) · cy tâp (video or audiocassette tape) · ms pita (video or audiocassette tape) · ota شریت (video or audiocassette tape) · bn টেপ (video or audiocassette tape) · sk páska (video or audiocassette tape) · lo ເທັບ (video or audiocassette tape) · uk стрі́чка (video or audiocassette tape) · eo bendo (video or audiocassette tape) · bg ле́нта (video or audiocassette tape) · kl båndi (video or audiocassette tape) · fi nauha (video or audiocassette tape) · tl teyp (video or audiocassette tape) · sh trȁka (video or audiocassette tape) · tk kaseta (video or audiocassette tape) · nb bånd (video or audiocassette tape) · it audiocassetta (video or audiocassette tape) · eo rubando (video or audiocassette tape) · ar شَرِيط (video or audiocassette tape) · el ταινία (video or audiocassette tape) · ky тасма (video or audiocassette tape) · yue 錄音帶 /录音带 (video or audiocassette tape) · tt тасма (video or audiocassette tape) · ky лента (video or audiocassette tape) · da bånd (video or audiocassette tape) · mn тууз (video or audiocassette tape) · nl band (video or audiocassette tape) · it videocassetta (video or audiocassette tape) · eo filmstrio (video or audiocassette tape) · my တိပ်ခွေ (video or audiocassette tape) · nn band (video or audiocassette tape) · ja テープ (video or audiocassette tape) · mk лента (video or audiocassette tape) · sv band (video or audiocassette tape) · et lint (video or audiocassette tape) · ro bandă (video or audiocassette tape) · hu szalag (video or audiocassette tape) · ru ле́нта (video or audiocassette tape) · de Band (video or audiocassette tape) · eu kasete (video or audiocassette tape) · vi băng (video or audiocassette tape) · vi băng từ (video or audiocassette tape) · uz tasma (video or audiocassette tape) · es cinta (video or audiocassette tape) · ka ლენტი (video or audiocassette tape) · mr टेप (video or audiocassette tape) · ru кассе́та (video or audiocassette tape) · be істу́жка (video or audiocassette tape) · tg навор (video or audiocassette tape) · be ле́нта (video or audiocassette tape) · ca cinta (video or audiocassette tape) · he סֶרֶט (video or audiocassette tape) · pt fita (video or audiocassette tape) · mk касе́та (video or audiocassette tape) · hy ժապավեն (video or audiocassette tape) · nb band (video or audiocassette tape) · tk lenta (video or audiocassette tape) · ug لېنتا (video or audiocassette tape) · lv lente (video or audiocassette tape) · cs páska (video or audiocassette tape) · az lent (video or audiocassette tape) · fa-ira نَوار (video or audiocassette tape) · sl trak (video or audiocassette tape) · sh тра̏ка (video or audiocassette tape)