Scotch tape

[skoch teyp]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for various transparent or semitransparent adhesive tapes made chiefly of cellulose acetate or cellophane, for sealing, attaching, mending, etc.

verb (used with object)

Scotch-taped, Scotch taped, Scotch-taping, Scotch taping. 

1. Usually Scotch-tape to fasten or mend with Scotch tape.

Scotch tape

noun

1. a transparent or coloured adhesive tape made of cellulose or a similar substance

Example Sentences

I was holding it together with Scotch tape and paper clips.

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Their rotation, however, continues to be held together by Scotch tape.

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The Olympics used red cinder until 1968 and the Mexico City games, which instead featured a polyurethane "Tartan" track, so-called because 3M, which made it, also made Scotch tape.

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The nature of the van der Waals forces between layers allows researchers to use Scotch tape to peel the layers into atomic thickness.

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It’s a messy patchwork that has been assembled over decades, and is held together with the digital equivalent of Scotch tape and bubble gum.

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