Tape

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /teɪ̯p/, tÊ°eɪ̯p
• Rhymes: -eɪp

Origin

Old English tæppe.

Full definition of tape

Noun

1. Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides, adhesive tape.Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.File:VHS cassette tape 03.JPG|thumb|right|A
2. Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll, video tape or audio tape.Did you get that on tape?
3. Unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulusOld couples sometimes will play tapes at each other during a fight.
4. Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.After the party there was tape all over the place.
5. (trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.Don’t fight the tape.
6. (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of hockey stickHis pass was right on the tape.

Derived terms

Verb

1. To bind with adhesive tape.Can you tape that together, please?
2. To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.
3. (informal, passive) To understand, figure out.I've finally got this thing taped.

Related terms

• roll tape
• tape off

Anagrams

• pate, pâté
• peat
• Peta, PETA