cinta americana

Phonetic: "/dʌk/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

Definition: To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

Definition: To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.

Definition: To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.

Definition: To bow.

Definition: To evade doing something.

Definition: To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.

Definition: To enter a place for a short moment.

Example: I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag?

Phonetic: "/teɪ̯p/"

Part Of Speech: noun

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

Example: Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.

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

Example: After the party there was tape all over the place.

Definition: Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.

Example: Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.

Definition: Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.

Example: Did you get that on tape?

Definition: (by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.

Definition: An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.

Example: Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight.

Definition: (from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.

Example: Don’t fight the tape.

Definition: The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick

Example: His pass was right on the tape.

Definition: A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.

Phonetic: "/teɪ̯p/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To bind with adhesive tape.

Example: Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it.

Definition: To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.

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

Definition: (passive) To understand, figure out.

Example: I've finally got this thing taped.