Tape definition
Taped the box so that it wouldn't fall apart.
The reporter taped the interview.
Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.
Did you get that on tape?
Old couples sometimes will play tapes at each other during a fight.
After the party there was tape all over the place.
Don't fight the tape.
His pass was right on the tape.
Can you tape that together, please?
You shouldn't have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.
I've finally got this thing taped.
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Noun
Origin of tape
- Middle English strip of cloth from Old English tæppe or tæppa (attested only in the plural tæppan)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Old English tæppe.
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