Tape

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.

   “Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.”

2. isim Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.

   “We made some decorative flowers out of the tape we bought.”

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

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

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

   “Did you get that on tape?”

5. isim Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.

   ““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.”

6. isim An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.

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

7. isim The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.

   “Don’t fight the tape.”

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

   “His pass was right on the tape.”

9. isim A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.
10. isim Liquor, alcoholic drink, especially gin or brandy. (Especially in prison slang or among domestic servants and women.)

    “white tape, Holland tape, blue tape (gin); red tape (brandy or wine)”

11. isim Clipping of red tape (“time-consuming bureaucratic procedures”).

    “[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.”

12. fiil To bind with adhesive tape.

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

13. fiil To record, originally onto magnetic tape.

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

14. fiil To understand, figure out.

    “I've finally got this thing taped.”

15. özel isim a nearly extinct language spoken on Vanuatu