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tape
[ teyp ]
/ teɪp /
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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 tæppe “strip (of cloth),” literally, “part torn off”; akin to Middle Low German teppen “to tear, pluck”
OTHER WORDS FROM tape
Words nearby tape
Tapajós, tapas, tap bell, tap bolt, tap dance, tape, tape deck, tape drive, tape echo, tape editing, tape grass
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British Dictionary definitions for tape
tape
/ (teɪp) /
noun
verb (mainly tr)
Derived forms of tape
tapelike, adjectivetaper, nounWord Origin for tape
Old English tæppe; 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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