tape
/teɪ̯p/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
Countable; Informal; Uncountable
noun
An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
Countable; Informal; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper."
- "I sealed up the box with clear shipping tape."
- "We made some decorative flowers out of the tape we bought."
- "Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record."
- "Did you get that on tape?"
- "So we went around the corner, looked in the garbage, and, boom, there's about 16 of the tapes he didn't like!"
Etymology
Etymology tree Old English tæppa Middle English tape English tape From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”); further origin unclear. Probably akin to Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”), Middle Low German tappen, tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”), Middle High German zāfen, zāven (“to pull, tear”).
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /teɪ̯p/
- British English: /teɪ̯p/
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