"tape" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /teɪ̯p/ [UK, US], [tʰeɪ̯p] [UK, US] Audio: en-us-tape.ogg [US] Forms: tapes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪp Etymology: From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”). 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tape}} Middle English tape, {{m|enm|tappe}} tappe, {{inh|en|ang|tæppa}} Old English tæppa, {{m|ang|tæppe|t=ribbon, tape}} tæppe (“ribbon, tape”), {{cog|ofs|tapia|t=to pull, rip, tear}} Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”), {{cog|gml|tappen}} Middle Low German tappen, {{m|gml|tāpen|t=to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch}} tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”), {{cog|gmh|zāfen}} Middle High German zāfen, {{m|gmh|zāven|t=to pull, tear}} zāven (“to pull, tear”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tape (countable and uncountable, plural tapes)
  1. Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tape-en-noun-yqfPIkiS
  2. Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tape-en-noun-F513HwUI
  3. Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tape-en-noun-~y2kwPql Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 11 1 15 3 7 12 9 13 12
  4. Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tape-en-noun-A3YWKd0l
  5. (informal, by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it. Tags: broadly, countable, informal, uncountable Translations (video or audiocassette tape): shirit [masculine] (Albanian), شَرِيط (šarīṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), lent (Azerbaijani), zinta (Basque), kasete (Basque), сту́жка (stúžka) [feminine] (Belarusian), істу́жка (istúžka) [feminine] (Belarusian), ле́нта (ljénta) [feminine] (Belarusian), টেপ (ṭep) (Bengali), ле́нта (lénta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), တိပ်ခွေ (tiphkwe) (Burmese), cinta [feminine] (Catalan), 錄音帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 录音带 (lùyīndài) (Chinese Mandarin), páska [feminine] (Czech), bånd [neuter] (Danish), band [masculine, neuter] (Dutch), rubando (Esperanto), filmstrio (Esperanto), bendo (Esperanto), lint (Estonian), nauha (Finnish), teippi (Finnish), bande [feminine] (French), Band [neuter] (German), båndi (Greenlandic), टेप (ṭep) [masculine] (Hindi), szalag (Hungarian), nastro [masculine] (Italian), audiocassetta [feminine] (Italian), videocassetta [feminine] (Italian), テープ (tēpu) (Japanese), таспа (taspa) (Kazakh), ខ្សែអាត់ (khsaeʼat) (Khmer), 테이프 (teipeu) (Korean), лента (lenta) (Kyrgyz), тасма (tasma) (Kyrgyz), ເທັບ (thep) (Lao), ເທປ (thēp) (Lao), lente [feminine] (Latvian), juosta [feminine] (Lithuanian), Band [neuter] (Luxembourgish), лента (lenta) [feminine] (Macedonian), касе́та (kaséta) (english: cassette) [feminine] (Macedonian), pita (Malay), टेप (ṭep) [feminine] (Marathi), тууз (tuuz) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), bånd [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), band [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), band [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), نوار (navâr) (Persian), taśma [feminine] (Polish), fita [feminine] (Portuguese), bandă [feminine] (Romanian), ле́нта (lénta) [feminine] (Russian), кассе́та (kasséta) (english: cassette) [feminine] (Russian), тра̏ка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), trȁka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), páska [feminine] (Slovak), trak [masculine] (Slovene), cinta [feminine] (Spanish), band [neuter] (Swedish), tape [common-gender] (Swedish), навор (navor) (Tajik), เทป (téep) (Thai), bant (Turkish), lenta (Turkmen), kaseta (english: cassette) (Turkmen), стрі́чка (stríčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ٹیپ (ṭep) [masculine] (Urdu), lenta (Uzbek), tasma (Uzbek), băng (alt: ) (Vietnamese), băng từ (alt: 繃磁) (Vietnamese), tâp [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tape-en-noun-veLJku-Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 11 1 15 3 7 12 9 13 12 Disambiguation of 'video or audiocassette tape': 4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10
  6. (informal) An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tape-en-noun-t5i5S1KA
  7. (trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades. Tags: countable, from ticker tape, uncountable Categories (topical): Trading
    Sense id: en-tape-en-noun-BJkhFEJd Topics: business, finance, trading
  8. (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ice hockey
    Sense id: en-tape-en-noun-43fGfVts Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 11 1 15 3 7 12 9 13 12 Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
  9. (printing, historical) A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Printing Translations (printing: band rotating on pulleys): inkrubando (Esperanto)
    Sense id: en-tape-en-noun-WF8OImqN Topics: media, printing, publishing Disambiguation of 'printing: band rotating on pulleys': 9 2 2 2 4 4 5 3 63 3 4
  10. (possible, obsolete, UK, slang) Liquor, alcoholic drink, especially gin or brandy. (Especially in prison slang or among domestic servants and women.) Tags: UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tape-en-noun-3SYdq7rq Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 11 1 15 3 7 12 9 13 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 4 7 1 11 2 6 11 4 20 11 7 9 2
  11. Clipping of red tape (“time-consuming bureaucratic procedures”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: red tape (extra: time-consuming bureaucratic procedures)
    Sense id: en-tape-en-noun-RJCeNky1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 11 1 15 3 7 12 9 13 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /teɪ̯p/ [UK, US], [tʰeɪ̯p] [UK, US] Audio: en-us-tape.ogg [US] Forms: tapes [present, singular, third-person], taping [participle, present], taped [participle, past], taped [past]
Rhymes: -eɪp Etymology: From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”). 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tape}} Middle English tape, {{m|enm|tappe}} tappe, {{inh|en|ang|tæppa}} Old English tæppa, {{m|ang|tæppe|t=ribbon, tape}} tæppe (“ribbon, tape”), {{cog|ofs|tapia|t=to pull, rip, tear}} Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”), {{cog|gml|tappen}} Middle Low German tappen, {{m|gml|tāpen|t=to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch}} tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”), {{cog|gmh|zāfen}} Middle High German zāfen, {{m|gmh|zāven|t=to pull, tear}} zāven (“to pull, tear”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} tape (third-person singular simple present tapes, present participle taping, simple past and past participle taped)
  1. To bind with adhesive tape. Categories (topical): Tapes Translations (to bind with adhesive tape): teipata (Finnish), scotcher (French), tapen (German), atar (Spanish), tejpa (Swedish), dán (Vietnamese), dính (Vietnamese), tapio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tape-en-verb-8iHw3OxK Disambiguation of Tapes: 23 4 2 2 5 3 2 4 4 5 3 37 3 3 Disambiguation of 'to bind with adhesive tape': 97 2 1
  2. To record, originally onto magnetic tape. Translations (to record, particularly onto magnetic tape): записвам (zapisvam) (Bulgarian), nauhoittaa (Finnish), записывать (zapisyvatʹ) (Russian), grabar (Spanish), ghi (Vietnamese), thu (Vietnamese), tapio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tape-en-verb-zWB2GjtW Disambiguation of 'to record, particularly onto magnetic tape': 4 96 0
  3. (informal, passive voice) To understand, figure out. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-tape-en-verb-G8ZzzoD-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: roll tape, tape off, tape over

Inflected forms

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    {
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      "word": "adhesive tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "athletic tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "audiotape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "audio tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "barricade tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bias tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "box-sealing tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "braintape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "breast the tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "broad tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Broselow tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cassette tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cleavage tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "club tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "correction tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cut red tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "demo tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "don't fight the tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "double-sided tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dress tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "duck tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "duct tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "electrical tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "electric tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fashion tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fight the tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "filament tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fish tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gaffer tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gaff tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gray tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "green tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "grippy tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "grip tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hockey tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "idiot tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "insulating tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lingerie tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "magnetic tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mag tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "masking tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "measuring tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mix tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "name tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "on tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "packing tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "painter's tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "painting the tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "paint the tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "paper tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "parcel tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "party tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "play the same tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "police tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "punched paper tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "punched tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "red tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "reel-to-reel tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "reel to reel tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "reel-to-reel tape recorder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Scotch tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sellotape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Sellotape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sex tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "splice tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sports tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sticky-tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sticky tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stone tape theory"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "strapping tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "swelling tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tale of the tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape ball"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape deck"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape delay"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape dispenser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape drive"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape echo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape knot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape library"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape machine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape measure"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape out"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape painting"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape player"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape-record"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape-recorded"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape recorder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape recording"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape safe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape tree"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape up"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tapeworm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tape-worm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ticker tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ticker-tape parade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ticker tape parade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "time tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "time-tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tit tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Turing tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "twill tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "videotape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "washi tape"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "tape",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: tape",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: tape"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "tape",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: tape",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: tape"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ha",
            "2": "têf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hausa: têf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hausa: têf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "टेप",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: टेप (ṭep)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: टेप (ṭep)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "téip",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: téip",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: téip"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "テープ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "tēpu"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: テープ (tēpu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: テープ (tēpu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "테이프",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 테이프 (teipeu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 테이프 (teipeu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "tape"
          },
          "expansion": "tape",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "teip"
          },
          "expansion": "teip",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bokmål: tape, teip"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "tape"
          },
          "expansion": "tape",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "teip"
          },
          "expansion": "teip",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nynorsk: tape, teip"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "tepe",
            "3": "tepu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swahili: tepe, tepu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swahili: tepe, tepu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "tape",
            "3": "tejp",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: tape, tejp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: tape, tejp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "เทป",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: เทป (téep)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: เทป (téep)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bo",
            "2": "ཊེབ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tibetan: ཊེབ (ṭeb)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tibetan: ཊེབ (ṭeb)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "teyp",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: teyp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: teyp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "phl",
            "2": "ṭeép",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Phalura: ṭeép",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Phalura: ṭeép"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "tâp",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: tâp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: tâp"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "tape"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English tape",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "tappe"
      },
      "expansion": "tappe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tæppa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tæppa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "tæppe",
        "t": "ribbon, tape"
      },
      "expansion": "tæppe (“ribbon, tape”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "tapia",
        "t": "to pull, rip, tear"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "tappen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German tappen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "tāpen",
        "t": "to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch"
      },
      "expansion": "tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "zāfen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German zāfen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "zāven",
        "t": "to pull, tear"
      },
      "expansion": "zāven (“to pull, tear”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”). 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tapes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "tape (countable and uncountable, plural tapes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape."
      ],
      "id": "en-tape-en-noun-yqfPIkiS",
      "links": [
        [
          "adhesive tape",
          "adhesive tape"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We made some decorative flowers out of the tape we bought.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll."
      ],
      "id": "en-tape-en-noun-F513HwUI",
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 11 1 15 3 7 12 9 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race."
      ],
      "id": "en-tape-en-noun-~y2kwPql",
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Did you get that on tape?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape."
      ],
      "id": "en-tape-en-noun-A3YWKd0l",
      "links": [
        [
          "videotape",
          "videotape"
        ],
        [
          "audio tape",
          "audio tape"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 11 1 15 3 7 12 9 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 August 18, Susan Edelman, New York Post",
          "text": "“It was one of the most severe beatings they’ve seen on tape,” an FDNY insider said, recalling the reaction by brass who viewed video of the bloody fisticuffs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it."
      ],
      "id": "en-tape-en-noun-veLJku-Z",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "countable",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "shirit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šarīṭ",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شَرِيط"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "lent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "zinta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "kasete"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "stúžka",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сту́жка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "istúžka",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "істу́жка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "ljénta",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ле́нта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "ṭep",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "টেপ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "lénta",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ле́нта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "tiphkwe",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "တိပ်ခွေ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cinta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "錄音帶"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lùyīndài",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "录音带"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "páska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bånd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "band"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "rubando"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "filmstrio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "bendo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "lint"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "nauha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "teippi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Band"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "båndi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ṭep",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "टेप"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "szalag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nastro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "audiocassetta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "videocassetta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tēpu",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "テープ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "taspa",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "таспа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "khsaeʼat",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "ខ្សែអាត់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "teipeu",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "테이프"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "lenta",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "лента"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "tasma",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "тасма"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "thep",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "ເທັບ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "thēp",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "ເທປ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "juosta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Band"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "lenta",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "лента"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "english": "cassette",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kaséta",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "касе́та"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "pita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "ṭep",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "टेप"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "tuuz",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "тууз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bånd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "band"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "band"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "navâr",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "نوار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "taśma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bandă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lénta",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ле́нта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "cassette",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kasséta",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кассе́та"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тра̏ка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trȁka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "páska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cinta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "band"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tape"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "navor",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "навор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "téep",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "เทป"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "bant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "lenta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "tk",
          "english": "cassette",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "kaseta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "stríčka",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "стрі́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "ṭep",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ٹیپ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "lenta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "tasma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "alt": "繃",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "băng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "alt": "繃磁",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "word": "băng từ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 8 5 41 1 6 7 6 8 10",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tâp"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus."
      ],
      "id": "en-tape-en-noun-t5i5S1KA",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Trading",
          "orig": "en:Trading",
          "parents": [
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don’t fight the tape.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades."
      ],
      "id": "en-tape-en-noun-BJkhFEJd",
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        [
          "trading",
          "trading#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "ticker tape",
          "ticker tape"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "from ticker tape",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance",
        "trading"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Ice hockey",
          "orig": "en:Ice hockey",
          "parents": [
            "Hockey",
            "Winter sports",
            "Sports",
            "Winter activities",
            "Human activity",
            "Winter",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Seasons",
            "Human",
            "Nature",
            "Periodic occurrences",
            "All topics",
            "Time",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 11 1 15 3 7 12 9 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His pass was right on the tape.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick"
      ],
      "id": "en-tape-en-noun-43fGfVts",
      "links": [
        [
          "ice hockey",
          "ice hockey"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "ice-hockey",
        "lifestyle",
        "skating",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Printing",
          "orig": "en:Printing",
          "parents": [
            "Industries",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine."
      ],
      "id": "en-tape-en-noun-WF8OImqN",
      "links": [
        [
          "printing",
          "printing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "pulley",
          "pulley"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(printing, historical) A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "historical",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "9 2 2 2 4 4 5 3 63 3 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "printing: band rotating on pulleys",
          "word": "inkrubando"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 11 1 15 3 7 12 9 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 4 7 1 11 2 6 11 4 20 11 7 9 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "white tape, Holland tape, blue tape (gin); red tape (brandy or wine)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1827 (originally 1755?), Connoisseur, page=223",
          "text": "Madam Gin has been christened by as many names as a German princess : every petty chandler's shop will sell you Sky-blue, and every night-cellar furnish you with Holland tape, three yards a penny. Nor can I see the difference […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1817, The White Dwarf: A London Weekly Publication, page 222",
          "text": "[…] who is now puffing his pipe and sipping his grog, as unconcerned as a Dutch fiddler at a merry-making, has no business here selling his cheese and candles in the day-time, and his yards of tape in the evening: […] and now then for the tape-shop. […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1830, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Paul Clifford, published 1854",
          "text": "A tumbler of blue ruin fill, fill for me! / Red tape those as likes it may drain, / But whatever the lush, it a bumper must be.\n[…]\nOh! those jovial days are ne'er forgot! But the tape' lags—When I be's dead, you'll drink one put To poor old Bags!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Liquor, alcoholic drink, especially gin or brandy. (Especially in prison slang or among domestic servants and women.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tape-en-noun-3SYdq7rq",
      "links": [
        [
          "Liquor",
          "liquor"
        ],
        [
          "alcoholic",
          "alcoholic"
        ],
        [
          "gin",
          "gin"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "possible",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(possible, obsolete, UK, slang) Liquor, alcoholic drink, especially gin or brandy. (Especially in prison slang or among domestic servants and women.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "time-consuming bureaucratic procedures",
          "word": "red tape"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 11 1 15 3 7 12 9 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1923, Henry C. Clark, Departmental Practice, Admission of Attorneys, Etc, page 7",
          "text": "[When dealing with the] Federal Government, \"red tape\" is unavoidable. Perseverance, good humor and thoroughness will almost invariably cut through the \"tape” or lead to the proper official where courteous and attentive treatment will be received.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1953, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Hearings, page 53",
          "text": "He was going to cut through the tape and ship this Army stuff straight to France.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, United States Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, Iran-Contra Investigation: [...] One Hundredth Congress, First Session, page 26",
          "text": "Mr. Cheney: […] to move in the direction of deciding that the only way to get anything done, to cut through the red tape, to be able to move aggressively, is to have it done, in effect, inside the boundary of the White House. […] Mr. North: […] there are certainly times when one has to cut through the tape.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 March 1, Simon Maier, Jeremy Kourdi, The 100: Insights and lessons from 100 of the greatest speakers and speeches ever delivered, Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, page 295",
          "text": "As Treasurer and Governor of Texas, she had an ability to cut through the tape and conventions to get stuff done and make things better. She modernized systems, made government more transparent and accountable and[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of red tape (“time-consuming bureaucratic procedures”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-tape-en-noun-RJCeNky1",
      "links": [
        [
          "red tape",
          "red tape#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/teɪ̯p/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰeɪ̯p]",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪp"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-tape.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/En-us-tape.ogg/En-us-tape.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/En-us-tape.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tape"
}

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "tape",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: tape",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: tape"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "tape"
          },
          "expansion": "tape",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "teipe"
          },
          "expansion": "teipe",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bokmål: tape, teipe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "tape"
          },
          "expansion": "tape",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "teipa"
          },
          "expansion": "teipa",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nynorsk: tape, teipa"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "tape"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English tape",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "tappe"
      },
      "expansion": "tappe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tæppa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tæppa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "tæppe",
        "t": "ribbon, tape"
      },
      "expansion": "tæppe (“ribbon, tape”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "tapia",
        "t": "to pull, rip, tear"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "tappen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German tappen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "tāpen",
        "t": "to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch"
      },
      "expansion": "tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "zāfen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German zāfen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "zāven",
        "t": "to pull, tear"
      },
      "expansion": "zāven (“to pull, tear”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”). 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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      "form": "tapes",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "roll tape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tape off"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tape over"
    }
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          "orig": "en:Tapes",
          "parents": [
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            "Manufacturing",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "text": "Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it.",
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        }
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        "To bind with adhesive tape."
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        [
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
          "word": "teipata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
          "word": "scotcher"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
          "word": "tapen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
          "word": "atar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
          "word": "tejpa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
          "word": "dán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
          "word": "dính"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
          "word": "tapio"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To record, originally onto magnetic tape."
      ],
      "id": "en-tape-en-verb-zWB2GjtW",
      "links": [
        [
          "magnetic tape",
          "magnetic tape"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zapisvam",
          "sense": "to record, particularly onto magnetic tape",
          "word": "записвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to record, particularly onto magnetic tape",
          "word": "nauhoittaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zapisyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to record, particularly onto magnetic tape",
          "word": "записывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to record, particularly onto magnetic tape",
          "word": "grabar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to record, particularly onto magnetic tape",
          "word": "ghi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to record, particularly onto magnetic tape",
          "word": "thu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to record, particularly onto magnetic tape",
          "word": "tapio"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've finally got this thing taped.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To understand, figure out."
      ],
      "id": "en-tape-en-verb-G8ZzzoD-",
      "qualifier": "passive voice",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, passive voice) To understand, figure out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/teɪ̯p/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰeɪ̯p]",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪp"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-tape.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/En-us-tape.ogg/En-us-tape.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/En-us-tape.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tape"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪp",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪp/1 syllable",
    "en:Tapes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "adhesive tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "athletic tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "audiotape"
    },
    {
      "word": "audio tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "barricade tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "bias tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "box-sealing tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "braintape"
    },
    {
      "word": "breast the tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "broad tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "Broselow tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "cassette tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "cleavage tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "club tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "correction tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "cut red tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "demo tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "don't fight the tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "double-sided tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "dress tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "duck tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "duct tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "electrical tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "electric tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "fashion tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "fight the tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "filament tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "fish tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaffer tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaff tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "gray tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "green tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "grippy tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "grip tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "hockey tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "idiot tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "insulating tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "lingerie tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "magnetic tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "mag tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "masking tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "measuring tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "mix tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "name tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "on tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "packing tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "painter's tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "painting the tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "paint the tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "paper tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "parcel tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "party tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "play the same tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "police tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "punched paper tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "punched tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "red tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "reel-to-reel tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "reel to reel tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "reel-to-reel tape recorder"
    },
    {
      "word": "Scotch tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "sellotape"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sellotape"
    },
    {
      "word": "sex tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "splice tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "sports tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky-tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticky tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "stone tape theory"
    },
    {
      "word": "strapping tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "swelling tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "tale of the tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape ball"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape deck"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape delay"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape dispenser"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape drive"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape echo"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape knot"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape library"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape machine"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape measure"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape out"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape painting"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape player"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape-record"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape-recorded"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape recorder"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape recording"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape safe"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape tree"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape up"
    },
    {
      "word": "tapeworm"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape-worm"
    },
    {
      "word": "ticker tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "ticker-tape parade"
    },
    {
      "word": "ticker tape parade"
    },
    {
      "word": "time tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "time-tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "tit tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "Turing tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "twill tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "videotape"
    },
    {
      "word": "washi tape"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "tape",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: tape",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: tape"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "tape",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: tape",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: tape"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ha",
            "2": "têf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hausa: têf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hausa: têf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "टेप",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: टेप (ṭep)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: टेप (ṭep)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "téip",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: téip",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: téip"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "テープ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "tēpu"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: テープ (tēpu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: テープ (tēpu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "테이프",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 테이프 (teipeu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 테이프 (teipeu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "tape"
          },
          "expansion": "tape",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "teip"
          },
          "expansion": "teip",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bokmål: tape, teip"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "tape"
          },
          "expansion": "tape",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "teip"
          },
          "expansion": "teip",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nynorsk: tape, teip"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "tepe",
            "3": "tepu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swahili: tepe, tepu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swahili: tepe, tepu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "tape",
            "3": "tejp",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: tape, tejp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: tape, tejp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "เทป",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: เทป (téep)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: เทป (téep)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bo",
            "2": "ཊེབ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tibetan: ཊེབ (ṭeb)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tibetan: ཊེབ (ṭeb)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "teyp",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: teyp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: teyp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "phl",
            "2": "ṭeép",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Phalura: ṭeép",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Phalura: ṭeép"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "tâp",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: tâp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: tâp"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "tape"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English tape",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "tappe"
      },
      "expansion": "tappe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tæppa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tæppa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "tæppe",
        "t": "ribbon, tape"
      },
      "expansion": "tæppe (“ribbon, tape”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "tapia",
        "t": "to pull, rip, tear"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "tappen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German tappen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "tāpen",
        "t": "to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch"
      },
      "expansion": "tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "zāfen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German zāfen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "zāven",
        "t": "to pull, tear"
      },
      "expansion": "zāven (“to pull, tear”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”). 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tapes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "tape (countable and uncountable, plural tapes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adhesive tape",
          "adhesive tape"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We made some decorative flowers out of the tape we bought.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Did you get that on tape?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "videotape",
          "videotape"
        ],
        [
          "audio tape",
          "audio tape"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 August 18, Susan Edelman, New York Post",
          "text": "“It was one of the most severe beatings they’ve seen on tape,” an FDNY insider said, recalling the reaction by brass who viewed video of the bloody fisticuffs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "countable",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Trading"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don’t fight the tape.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trading",
          "trading#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "ticker tape",
          "ticker tape"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "from ticker tape",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance",
        "trading"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Ice hockey"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His pass was right on the tape.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ice hockey",
          "ice hockey"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "ice-hockey",
        "lifestyle",
        "skating",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "en:Printing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "printing",
          "printing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "pulley",
          "pulley"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(printing, historical) A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "historical",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "white tape, Holland tape, blue tape (gin); red tape (brandy or wine)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1827 (originally 1755?), Connoisseur, page=223",
          "text": "Madam Gin has been christened by as many names as a German princess : every petty chandler's shop will sell you Sky-blue, and every night-cellar furnish you with Holland tape, three yards a penny. Nor can I see the difference […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1817, The White Dwarf: A London Weekly Publication, page 222",
          "text": "[…] who is now puffing his pipe and sipping his grog, as unconcerned as a Dutch fiddler at a merry-making, has no business here selling his cheese and candles in the day-time, and his yards of tape in the evening: […] and now then for the tape-shop. […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1830, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Paul Clifford, published 1854",
          "text": "A tumbler of blue ruin fill, fill for me! / Red tape those as likes it may drain, / But whatever the lush, it a bumper must be.\n[…]\nOh! those jovial days are ne'er forgot! But the tape' lags—When I be's dead, you'll drink one put To poor old Bags!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Liquor, alcoholic drink, especially gin or brandy. (Especially in prison slang or among domestic servants and women.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Liquor",
          "liquor"
        ],
        [
          "alcoholic",
          "alcoholic"
        ],
        [
          "gin",
          "gin"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "possible",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(possible, obsolete, UK, slang) Liquor, alcoholic drink, especially gin or brandy. (Especially in prison slang or among domestic servants and women.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "time-consuming bureaucratic procedures",
          "word": "red tape"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English clippings",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1923, Henry C. Clark, Departmental Practice, Admission of Attorneys, Etc, page 7",
          "text": "[When dealing with the] Federal Government, \"red tape\" is unavoidable. Perseverance, good humor and thoroughness will almost invariably cut through the \"tape” or lead to the proper official where courteous and attentive treatment will be received.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1953, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Hearings, page 53",
          "text": "He was going to cut through the tape and ship this Army stuff straight to France.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, United States Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, Iran-Contra Investigation: [...] One Hundredth Congress, First Session, page 26",
          "text": "Mr. Cheney: […] to move in the direction of deciding that the only way to get anything done, to cut through the red tape, to be able to move aggressively, is to have it done, in effect, inside the boundary of the White House. […] Mr. North: […] there are certainly times when one has to cut through the tape.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 March 1, Simon Maier, Jeremy Kourdi, The 100: Insights and lessons from 100 of the greatest speakers and speeches ever delivered, Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, page 295",
          "text": "As Treasurer and Governor of Texas, she had an ability to cut through the tape and conventions to get stuff done and make things better. She modernized systems, made government more transparent and accountable and[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of red tape (“time-consuming bureaucratic procedures”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "red tape",
          "red tape#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/teɪ̯p/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰeɪ̯p]",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪp"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-tape.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/En-us-tape.ogg/En-us-tape.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/En-us-tape.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "shirit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šarīṭ",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَرِيط"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "lent"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "zinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "kasete"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "stúžka",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сту́жка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "istúžka",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "істу́жка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ljénta",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ле́нта"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ṭep",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "টেপ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lénta",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ле́нта"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "tiphkwe",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "တိပ်ခွေ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "錄音帶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lùyīndài",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "录音带"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "páska"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "band"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "rubando"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "filmstrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "bendo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "lint"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "nauha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "teippi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bande"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Band"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "båndi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ṭep",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "टेप"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "szalag"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nastro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "audiocassetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "videocassetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tēpu",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "テープ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "taspa",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "таспа"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "khsaeʼat",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "ខ្សែអាត់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "teipeu",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "테이프"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "lenta",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "лента"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "tasma",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "тасма"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "thep",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "ເທັບ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "thēp",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "ເທປ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lente"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "juosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Band"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lenta",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лента"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "english": "cassette",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kaséta",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "касе́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "pita"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ṭep",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "टेप"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tuuz",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тууз"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "band"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "band"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "navâr",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "نوار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "taśma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bandă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lénta",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ле́нта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "cassette",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kasséta",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кассе́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тра̏ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trȁka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "páska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "band"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tape"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "navor",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "навор"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "téep",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "เทป"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "bant"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "lenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "english": "cassette",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "kaseta"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stríčka",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стрі́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ṭep",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ٹیپ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "lenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "tasma"
    },
    {
      "alt": "繃",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "băng"
    },
    {
      "alt": "繃磁",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "word": "băng từ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "video or audiocassette tape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tâp"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "printing: band rotating on pulleys",
      "word": "inkrubando"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tape"
}

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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
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    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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    "Rhymes:English/eɪp",
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            "1": "da",
            "2": "tape",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: tape",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: tape"
    },
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            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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            "1": "nb",
            "2": "tape"
          },
          "expansion": "tape",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "teipe"
          },
          "expansion": "teipe",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bokmål: tape, teipe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "tape"
          },
          "expansion": "tape",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "teipa"
          },
          "expansion": "teipa",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nynorsk: tape, teipa"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "tape"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English tape",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "tappe"
      },
      "expansion": "tappe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tæppa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tæppa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "tæppe",
        "t": "ribbon, tape"
      },
      "expansion": "tæppe (“ribbon, tape”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "tapia",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "tappen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German tappen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
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        "t": "to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch"
      },
      "expansion": "tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "zāfen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German zāfen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "zāven",
        "t": "to pull, tear"
      },
      "expansion": "zāven (“to pull, tear”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”). 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tapes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tape (third-person singular simple present tapes, present participle taping, simple past and past participle taped)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "roll tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape off"
    },
    {
      "word": "tape over"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bind with adhesive tape."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adhesive tape",
          "adhesive tape"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To record, originally onto magnetic tape."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "magnetic tape",
          "magnetic tape"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've finally got this thing taped.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To understand, figure out."
      ],
      "qualifier": "passive voice",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, passive voice) To understand, figure out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/teɪ̯p/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʰeɪ̯p]",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪp"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-tape.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/En-us-tape.ogg/En-us-tape.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/En-us-tape.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
      "word": "teipata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
      "word": "scotcher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
      "word": "tapen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
      "word": "atar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
      "word": "tejpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
      "word": "dán"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
      "word": "dính"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to bind with adhesive tape",
      "word": "tapio"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zapisvam",
      "sense": "to record, particularly onto magnetic tape",
      "word": "записвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to record, particularly onto magnetic tape",
      "word": "nauhoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapisyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to record, particularly onto magnetic tape",
      "word": "записывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to record, particularly onto magnetic tape",
      "word": "grabar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to record, particularly onto magnetic tape",
      "word": "ghi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to record, particularly onto magnetic tape",
      "word": "thu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to record, particularly onto magnetic tape",
      "word": "tapio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tape"
}

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