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grip tape

British  

noun

  1. a rough tape for sticking to a surface to provide a greater grip

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A: Slippery shower floors are a huge issue, so it’s no surprise that manufacturers have come up with an array of possible solutions, including different types of mats, grip tape, and coatings and etching products.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2023

Razer wants to let you modify the grippiness here to your liking with the sheet of anti-slip polyurethane grip tape with 3M adhesive that comes included.

From The Verge • Jul. 9, 2020

Mr. Gaites was installing grip tape, the sandpapery strip of paper on top of boards that provides foot traction, on a longboard when Mr. Van Amburg took his choices to the counter.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2018

"It was one of these old 1970s boards with no grip tape," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2016

The deputy told me to empty my pockets: two quarters, a penny, a stick of bubble gum, and a roll of grip tape for my skateboard.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

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