Definition of: tape

(tāp) noun
1. A narrow, stout strip of woven fabric.
2. Any long, narrow, flat strip of paper, metal, or the like, as the magnetic strip used in a tape recorder.
3. A tapeline.
4. Red tape.
5. A string or thread stretched breast-high across the finishing point of a racetrack and broken by the winner of the race.
—v.t. taped, tap·ing
1. To wrap or secure with tape; also, to bandage: to tape a boxer's hands.
2. To measure with or as with a tapeline.
3. To record on magnetic tape. [OE tæppe strip of cloth]
—tap′er noun