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ducktape

ducktape is the alternative form 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.

Forms of ducktape

pluralducktapes

Questions about ducktape

What is ducktape the alternative form of?
Ducktape is the alternative form of duck tape.

Words near ducktape in the dictionary

  1. duckstones
  2. Ducksworth
  3. Ducksworths
  4. ducktail
  5. ducktails
  6. ducktape
  7. ducktapes
  8. duckunoo
  9. duckunoos
  10. duckwalk
  11. duckwalked

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