audiotape

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See also: audio tape

English

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Etymology

From audio +‎ tape.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

audiotape (plural audiotapes)

  1. A magnetic tape that stores analog sound for later playback on a tape player.
    • 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 799:
      I thought of an old ad for Memorex audiotape. It showed a crystal glass being shattered by sound vibrations. By pure harmonics.
  2. Any of a cassette tape, eight-track tape, reel-to-reel tape, DAT, etc.

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Verb

audiotape (third-person singular simple present audiotapes, present participle audiotaping, simple past and past participle audiotaped)

  1. (transitive) To record onto audiotape.

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