tape

English

/teɪ̯p/

noun
Definitions
  • Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
  • Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
  • Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
  • Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
  • (informal) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
  • (informal) An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
  • (trading) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
  • (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick
  • (printing) A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English tape inherited from Old English tæppa (stopper).

Origin

Old English

tæppa

Gloss

stopper

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