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1.nounFlexible 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."
2.nounThin 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."
3.nounFinishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race."Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record."
4.nounMagnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape."Did you get that on tape?"
5.noun(by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
6.nounAn unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus."Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight."
7.noun(from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades."Don’t fight the tape."
8.nounThe wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick"His pass was right on the tape."
9.nounA strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.
10.verbTo bind with adhesive tape."Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it."
11.verbTo record, particularly onto magnetic tape."You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping."
12.verb(passive) To understand, figure out."I've finally got this thing taped."