"duct tape" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: duct tapes [plural]
Etymology: Possibly a corruption of duck tape (“thick, canvas-like tape”), due to the relative obscurity of the term duck (“woven fabric, canvas”), influenced by the use of the tape to join heating and air conditioning duct work. See also the etymology at duck tape. Etymology templates: {{glossary|corruption}} corruption, {{m|en|duck tape|gloss=thick, canvas-like tape}} duck tape (“thick, canvas-like tape”), {{m|en|duck|t=woven fabric, canvas}} duck (“woven fabric, canvas”), {{m|en|duck tape}} duck tape Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} duct tape (countable and uncountable, plural duct tapes)
  1. A generally gray waterproof adhesive tape used for many purposes and easy to cut with the hands. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Tapes Synonyms: duck tape, gray tape Translations (multipurpose waterproof tape): kleefband (Afrikaans), شَرِيط لَاصِق (šarīṭ lāṣiq) [masculine] (Arabic), شَطَرْطون (šaṭarṭōn) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), 牛皮膠紙 (Chinese Cantonese), 牛皮胶纸 (ngau⁴ pei⁴ gaau¹ zi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 不透明膠帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 不透明胶带 (bútòumíng jiāodài) (Chinese Mandarin), 塑膠膠帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 塑胶胶带 (sùjiāo jiāodài) (Chinese Mandarin), 布基膠帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 布基胶带 (bùjī jiāodài) (Chinese Mandarin), gaffatape [common-gender] (Danish), ilmastointiteippi (Finnish), jeesusteippi [colloquial] (Finnish), jesari [colloquial] (Finnish), chatterton, ruban adhésif [masculine] (French), Panzerband [neuter] (German), Gewebeklebeband [neuter] (German), Gewebeband [neuter] (German), ragasztószalag (Hungarian), szigetelőszalag (Hungarian), nastro adesivo [masculine] (Italian), silver tape [feminine] (Portuguese), скотч (skotč) [masculine] (Russian), изоле́нта (izolénta) [feminine] (Russian), cinta americana [feminine] (Spanish), cinta plateada [feminine] (Spanish), tape [Costa-Rica, masculine] (Spanish), teipe [Costa-Rica, masculine] (Spanish), vävtejp [common-gender] (Swedish), silvertejp [common-gender] (Swedish), клейка́ стрі́чка (klejká stríčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-duct_tape-en-noun-Xc~7ZIcO Disambiguation of Tapes: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55

Verb

Forms: duct tapes [present, singular, third-person], duct taping [participle, present], duct taped [participle, past], duct taped [past]
Etymology: Possibly a corruption of duck tape (“thick, canvas-like tape”), due to the relative obscurity of the term duck (“woven fabric, canvas”), influenced by the use of the tape to join heating and air conditioning duct work. See also the etymology at duck tape. Etymology templates: {{glossary|corruption}} corruption, {{m|en|duck tape|gloss=thick, canvas-like tape}} duck tape (“thick, canvas-like tape”), {{m|en|duck|t=woven fabric, canvas}} duck (“woven fabric, canvas”), {{m|en|duck tape}} duck tape Head templates: {{en-verb}} duct tape (third-person singular simple present duct tapes, present participle duct taping, simple past and past participle duct taped)
  1. (transitive) To use duct tape in order to tape one object to another. Tags: transitive Related terms: gaffer tape Translations (use duct tape): teipata (ilmastointiteipillä) (Finnish), mit Gewebeband verkleben (German), закле́ить ско́тчем (zakléitʹ skótčem) [perfective] (Russian), закле́ивать ско́тчем (zakléivatʹ skótčem) [imperfective] (Russian), закле́ить изоле́нтой (zakléitʹ izoléntoj) [perfective] (Russian), закле́ивать изоле́нтой (zakléivatʹ izoléntoj) [imperfective] (Russian), скле́ить ско́тчем (skléitʹ skótčem) [perfective] (Russian), скле́ивать ско́тчем (skléivatʹ skótčem) [imperfective] (Russian), скле́ить изоле́нтой (skléitʹ izoléntoj) [perfective] (Russian), скле́ивать изоле́нтой (skléivatʹ izoléntoj) [imperfective] (Russian), pegar con cinta americana (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-duct_tape-en-verb-yj7aFiWp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 40 60

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      "word": "شَرِيط لَاصِق"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šaṭarṭōn",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَطَرْطون"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "word": "牛皮膠紙"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ngau⁴ pei⁴ gaau¹ zi²",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "word": "牛皮胶纸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "word": "不透明膠帶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bútòumíng jiāodài",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "word": "不透明胶带"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "word": "塑膠膠帶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sùjiāo jiāodài",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "word": "塑胶胶带"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "word": "布基膠帶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùjī jiāodài",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "word": "布基胶带"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gaffatape"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "word": "ilmastointiteippi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "jeesusteippi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "jesari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chatterton, ruban adhésif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Panzerband"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gewebeklebeband"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gewebeband"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "word": "ragasztószalag"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "word": "szigetelőszalag"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nastro adesivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "silver tape"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skotč",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скотч"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izolénta",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изоле́нта"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cinta americana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cinta plateada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "Costa-Rica",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tape"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "Costa-Rica",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teipe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vävtejp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "silvertejp"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "klejká stríčka",
      "sense": "multipurpose waterproof tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "клейка́ стрі́чка"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "duct tape"
  ],
  "word": "duct tape"
}

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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "use duct tape",
      "word": "teipata (ilmastointiteipillä)"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use duct tape",
      "word": "mit Gewebeband verkleben"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakléitʹ skótčem",
      "sense": "use duct tape",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "закле́ить ско́тчем"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakléivatʹ skótčem",
      "sense": "use duct tape",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "закле́ивать ско́тчем"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakléitʹ izoléntoj",
      "sense": "use duct tape",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "закле́ить изоле́нтой"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakléivatʹ izoléntoj",
      "sense": "use duct tape",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skléitʹ skótčem",
      "sense": "use duct tape",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "скле́ить ско́тчем"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skléivatʹ skótčem",
      "sense": "use duct tape",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "скле́ивать ско́тчем"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skléitʹ izoléntoj",
      "sense": "use duct tape",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "скле́ить изоле́нтой"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skléivatʹ izoléntoj",
      "sense": "use duct tape",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "скле́ивать изоле́нтой"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use duct tape",
      "word": "pegar con cinta americana"
    }
  ],
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    "duct tape"
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  "word": "duct tape"
}

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