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A generally gray waterproof adhesive tape used for many purposes and easy to cut with the hands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- I used duct tape to cover the hole in a leaky pipe.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: duck tape, gray tape
Antonyms: none provided
To use duct tape in order to tape one object to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The government tells us we can protect against a chemical attack by duct taping the windows.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- duct tape holds the world together
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adhesive tape
Probably 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.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
kleefband
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Arabic:
شَرِيط لَاصِق
(šarīṭ lāṣiq)
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Arabic:
شَطَرْطون
(šaṭarṭōn)
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Chinese Cantonese:
牛皮膠紙 /牛皮胶纸
(ngau4 pei4 gaau1 zi2)
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Chinese Mandarin:
不透明膠帶 /不透明胶带
(bútòumíng jiāodài)
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Chinese Mandarin:
塑膠膠帶 /塑胶胶带
(sùjiāo jiāodài)
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Chinese Mandarin:
布基膠帶 /布基胶带
(bùjī jiāodài)
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Danish:
gaffatape
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Finnish:
ilmastointiteippi
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Finnish:
jeesusteippi
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Finnish:
jesari
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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French:
chatterton, ruban adhésif
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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German:
Panzerband
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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German:
wasserfestes Gewebeklebeband
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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German:
Gewebeband
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Hungarian:
ragasztószalag
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Hungarian:
szigetelőszalag
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Italian:
nastro adesivo
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Japanese:
ダクトテープ
(dakuto tēpu)
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Japanese:
ガムテープ
(gamu tēpu)
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Korean:
덕트 테이프
(deokteu teipeu)
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Polish:
taśma klejąca
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Portuguese:
silver tape
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Russian:
скотч
(skotč)
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Russian:
изоле́нта
(izolénta)
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Spanish:
cinta americana
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Spanish:
cinta plateada
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Spanish:
tape (teip)
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Spanish:
teipe
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Spanish:
cinta tapaducto
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Swedish:
vävtejp
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Swedish:
silvertejp
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Ukrainian:
клейка́ стрі́чка
(klejká stríčka)
— multipurpose waterproof tape
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Chinese Mandarin:
用膠帶黏貼 /用胶带黏贴
(yòng jiāodài niántiē)
— use duct tape
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Finnish:
teipata (ilmastointiteipillä)
— use duct tape
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German:
mit Gewebeband verkleben
— use duct tape
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Polish:
przyklejać taśmą klejącą
— use duct tape
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Polish:
przykleić taśmą klejącą
— use duct tape
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Russian:
закле́ить ско́тчем
(zakléitʹ skótčem)
— use duct tape
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Russian:
закле́ивать ско́тчем
(zakléivatʹ skótčem)
— use duct tape
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Russian:
закле́ить изоле́нтой
(zakléitʹ izoléntoj)
— use duct tape
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Russian:
закле́ивать изоле́нтой
(zakléivatʹ izoléntoj)
— use duct tape
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Russian:
скле́ить ско́тчем
(skléitʹ skótčem)
— use duct tape
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Russian:
скле́ивать ско́тчем
(skléivatʹ skótčem)
— use duct tape
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Russian:
скле́ить изоле́нтой
(skléitʹ izoléntoj)
— use duct tape
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Russian:
скле́ивать изоле́нтой
(skléivatʹ izoléntoj)
— use duct tape
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Spanish:
pegar con cinta americana
— use duct tape
