duck tape
A kind of tape made from, or incorporating, cotton duckA kind of tape made from, or incorporating, cotton duck (type of fabric).
Meaning
2 senses(countable, historical, uncountable)A kind of tape made from, or incorporating, cotton duck (type of fabric).
(also, countable, uncountable)A type of multi-purpose heavy-duty adhesive tape.
If you can't fix it with duck tape, it's not worth fixing.
Origin
Originally (from late 19th century) from duck (“a tightly woven fabric”) + tape, due to thOriginally (from late 19th century) from duck (“a tightly woven fabric”) + tape, due to the make-up of the tape. The adhesive tape now commonly known as "Duck tape" (a trademark in the United States) has its origins in a product first created for the US military during World War II,https://www.duckbrand.com/about and the word "duck" was later associated with the waterproof qualities of this tape, as in the idea of "water off a duck's back".https://web.archive.org/web/20110824095810/http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/duckvsduct.html
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Forms
plural: duck tapes| Singular | duck tape |
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Synonyms
5 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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