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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.; I sealed up the box with clear shipping tape."
2.NounThin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll."We made some decorative flowers out of the tape we bought."
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.NounAny 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.NounThe 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.NounLiquor, alcoholic drink, especially gin or brandy."white tape, Holland tape, blue tape (gin); red tape (brandy or wine)"
11.NounClipping of red tape (“time-consuming bureaucratic procedures”).
12.VerbTo bind with adhesive tape."Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it."
13.VerbTo record, originally onto magnetic tape."You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping."
14.VerbTo understand, figure out."I've finally got this thing taped."