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sex tape

sex tape noun: a video recording of a sex act, especially one starring a celebrity.

Noun

sex tape (plural sex tapes)

  1. A video recording of a sex act, especially one starring a celebrity.
    • The series uses the scandal — which begot fortunes, ruined lives and made the celebrity sex tape a defining artifact of the internet age — as a guide through a transitional period in American culture.2022 February 2, Elisabeth Vincentelli, “‘Pam & Tommy’: A Story of Sex, Crimes and Videotape”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of sex tape

pluralsex tapes
alternative formsextape

Origin of sex tape

Formerly recorded on video cassette tape.

Questions about sex tape

What does sex tape mean?
Sex tape means a video recording of a sex act, especially one starring a celebrity.
What part of speech is sex tape?
Sex tape is a noun.
What is the plural of sex tape?
The plural of sex tape is sex tapes.

Words near sex tape in the dictionary

  1. sex swings
  2. sex symbol
  3. sex symbols
  4. sex talk
  5. sex talks
  6. sex tape
  7. sex tapes
  8. sex therapist
  9. sex therapists
  10. sex therapy
  11. sex tool

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