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tape

[ teyp ]
/ teÉȘp /
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noun
verb (used with object), taped, tap·ing.
verb (used without object), taped, tap·ing.
to record something on magnetic tape.
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Origin of tape

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; unexplained variant of tappe, Old English téppe “strip (of cloth),” literally, “part torn off”; akin to Middle Low German teppen “to tear, pluck”

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British Dictionary definitions for tape

tape
/ (teÉȘp) /

noun
verb (mainly tr)

Derived forms of tape

tapelike, adjectivetaper, noun

Word Origin for tape

Old English tĂŠppe; related to Old Frisian tapia to pull, Middle Dutch tapen to tear
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Other Idioms and Phrases with tape

tape

see red tape.

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