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grip tape

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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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If applying a sealer or etching the tiles isn’t an option, consider grip tape, which usually comes in fairly narrow strips or rolls and works best in situations where the shower floor is smooth.

From Washington Post Mar. 24, 2023

The Viper V2 Pro ships with grip tape to attach to the buttons and sides.

From The Verge May 10, 2022

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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