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duck tapes

duck tapes is the plural of duck tape.

Meaning of duck tape

Noun

duck tape (countable and uncountable, plural duck tapes)

  1. (historical) A kind of tape made from, or incorporating, cotton duck (type of fabric).
    • In belting from the motor, connect to as large a pulley as possible and practical, and use a heavy duck tape, one inch wide, such as printers use on their large presses.1894, The Electrical World, volume 24
  2. (also, trademark) A type of multi-purpose heavy-duty adhesive tape.
    • If you can't fix it with duck tape, it's not worth fixing.

Questions about duck tapes

What is duck tapes the plural of?
Duck tapes is the plural of duck tape.

Words near duck tapes in the dictionary

  1. duck soup
  2. duck soups
  3. duck stamp
  4. duck stamps
  5. duck tape
  6. duck tapes
  7. duck test
  8. duck tests
  9. duck tour
  10. duck tours
  11. duck typing

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