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taping up

taping up is the present participle and gerund of tape up.

Meaning of tape up

Verb

tape up (third-person singular simple present tapes up, present participle taping up, simple past and past participle taped up)

  1. (transitive) To repair using tape.
  2. To use tape to restrict the movement of muscles, putatively in order to aid healing after workouts.
  3. To use tape on the fingers to protect them from gritstone rash.

Questions about taping up

What is taping up the present participle and gerund of?
Taping up is the present participle and gerund of tape up.

Words near taping up in the dictionary

  1. tapinarof
  2. taping
  3. taping off
  4. taping out
  5. taping over
  6. taping up
  7. tapings
  8. tapinocephalian
  9. tapinocephalians
  10. tapinocephalic
  11. tapinocephalid

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