duct tape
A generally gray waterproof adhesive tape used for many purposes and easy to cut with…A generally gray waterproof adhesive tape used for many purposes and easy to cut with the hands.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)A generally gray waterproof adhesive tape used for many purposes and easy to cut with the hands.
I used duct tape to cover the hole in a leaky pipe.
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- a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses
Examples
17 sentencesDo you have any duct tape?
Duct tape is good for fixing anything.
Where is the roll of duct tape?
Tom's mouth was taped shut with duct tape.
Duct tape fixes everything.
Translations
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Origin
Probably a corruption or eggcorn of earlier duck tape (“thick, canvas-like tape”), resultiProbably a corruption or eggcorn of earlier duck tape (“thick, canvas-like tape”), resulting from the relative obscurity of the term duck (“a strong, durable, tightly woven fabric; canvas-like material”), reinforced by the use of the tape in joining together heating and air conditioning duct work. See also the etymology at duck tape.
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plural: duct tapesSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
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