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a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc. a long, narrow strip of paper, metal, etc. a strip of cloth, paper, or plastic with an adhesive surface, used for sealing, binding, or attaching items together; adhesive tape or masking tape . tape measure .a string stretched across the finishing line in a race and broken by the winning contestant on crossing the line. ticker tape .magnetic tape .a magnetic tape carrying prerecorded sound: a tape of a rock concert. Show More
verb (used with object), taped, tap·ing. to furnish with a tape or tapes. to tie up, bind, or attach with tape. to measure with or as if with a tape measure . to record or prerecord on magnetic tape . Show More
verb (used without object), taped, tap·ing. to record something on magnetic tape . Show More
Origin of tape 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
Related forms tape·less , adjective tape·like , adjective pre·tape , verb (used with object), pre·taped, pre·tap·ing. re·tape , verb (used with object), re·taped, re·tap·ing. un·taped , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for taping rope ,
line ,
wrap ,
fasten ,
videotape ,
band ,
braid ,
edging ,
strip ,
wire ,
secure ,
swathe ,
bind ,
support ,
bandage ,
seal ,
tie ,
truss ,
bond ,
register Examples from the Web for taping Contemporary Examples of taping During the summer of 2013, I had the pleasure of attending a taping of The Colbert Report.
Trebek has spent four television weeks, in reality four or five days of taping , with her.
And Cosby showed up on a taping day wearing one of the sweaters.
The taping created such a stir that late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel had Nathan on to discuss the idea.
The McDaniel campaign originally denied any prior knowledge of the taping .
Historical Examples of taping I would advise no one to attempt the Russian method of taping the jaws while the wolf is held by the seizers.
Box sextant, used as giving angular accuracy to any of the foregoing; most useful with taping , and in following.
Lifting and carrying and shoving; cornering and taping and lacing—it seemed as though the afternoon would never wear to an end.
Scotty spent the time on a small repair job, taping up the neoprene gasoline hoses that carried fuel to the houseboat motors.
In Lockley's state of mind, the taping took away all authority from the voices.
British Dictionary definitions for taping a long thin strip, made of cotton, linen, etc, used for binding, fastening, etc any long narrow strip of cellulose, paper, metal, etc, having similar uses a string stretched across the track at the end of a race course military slang , mainly British another word for stripe 1 (def. 3) See magnetic tape , ticker tape , paper tape , tape recording Show More
Also: tape-record (also intr) to record (speech, music, etc) to furnish with tapes to bind, measure, secure, or wrap with tape (usually passive) British informal to take stock of (a person or situation); sum up he's got the job taped Show More
Derived Forms tapelike , adjective taper , noun Word Origin for tape Old English tæppe; related to Old Frisian tapia to pull, Middle Dutch tapen to tear
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Word Origin and History for taping n. Old English tæppe "narrow strip of cloth used for tying, measuring, etc.," of uncertain origin, perhaps a back-formation from Latin tapete "carpet." The original short vowel became long in Middle English.
Tape recorder "device for recording sound on magnetic tape" first attested 1932; from earlier meaning "device for recording data on ticker tape" (1892), from tape in the sense of "paper strip of a printer" (1884). Tape-measure is attested from 1873; tape-delay is from 1968.
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v. c.1600, from tape (n.); meaning "to make a tape recording" is from 1950. Related: Taped ; taping .
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