tape

Flexible 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.”

Thin 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.”

Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.

“Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.”

Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.

“Did you get that on tape?”

(by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.

An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.

“Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight.”

(from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.

“Don’t fight the tape.”

The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick

“His pass was right on the tape.”

A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.

To bind with adhesive tape.

“Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it.”

To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.

“You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.”

(passive) To understand, figure out.

“I've finally got this thing taped.”