taping
taping is the present participle and gerund of tape.
Noun
taping (countable and uncountable, plural tapings)
- The act of recording something on tape, or (by extension) on another medium.
- When we were in Los Angeles, we went to the taping of the television show The Price is Right.
- The act of sticking adhesive tape to something.
- The necessary tapings are then made using the Scotch Magic, taking care to cover the area systematically, and not to overload the tape.2012, Forensic Science Progress, volume 4, page 54
Meaning of tape
Verb
tape (third-person singular simple present tapes, present participle taping, simple past and past participle taped)
- To bind with adhesive tape.
- Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it.
- To record, originally onto magnetic tape.
- You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.
- To understand, figure out.
- I've finally got this thing taped.
Forms of taping
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Words formed from taping
Phrases with taping
Words that rhyme with taping
Questions about taping
- What does taping mean?
- Taping means the act of recording something on tape, or (by extension) on another medium.
- What is taping the present participle and gerund of?
- Taping is the present participle and gerund of tape.
- What part of speech is taping?
- Taping is a noun.
- What is the plural of taping?
- The plural of taping is tapings.
Words near taping in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: taping (page history and authors); tape (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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