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Meaning
Noun
●
Flexible
material
in a
roll with
a
sticky
surface
on one or both
sides
;
adhesive
tape.
●
Thin and
flat
paper
,
plastic
or
similar
flexible
material
, usually
produced
in the form of a roll.
●
Finishing
tape
,
stretched
across a
track
to
mark
the
end of
a race.
●
Magnetic or
optical
recording
media in
a roll
;
videotape
or
audio
tape.
●
Any
video
or
audio
recording
,
regardless of
the method used to
produce
it.
●
An
unthinking
,
patterned
response
triggered
by a particular stimulus.
●
In Trading:
The
series
of
prices
at which a
financial instrument
trades.
●
In Ice hockey:
The
wrapping
of the
primary
puck-handling
surface
of a
hockey
stick
●
In Printing:
A strong
flexible
band
rotating
on
pulleys
for
directing
the
sheets
in a
printing
machine.
●
In British English:
Liquor,
alcoholic
drink
, especially
gin
or
brandy
. (Especially
in prison
slang
or among
domestic servants
and women.)
●
Clipping of
red tape
(“time-consuming
bureaucratic
procedures”).
Verb
●
In Tapes:
To
bind
with
adhesive
tape.
●
To
record
,
originally
onto
magnetic
tape.
●
To understand,
figure
out.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
tape
English
tæppe
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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